The Client Satisfaction Inventory: Results of an Initial Validation Study

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 644-663

  McMurtry, Steven L ^a   Hudson, Walter W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034422585     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104973150001000506     Document Type: Article

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