The Changing Conditions of Social Work Research

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-33

  Powell, Jackie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036101423     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/32.1.17     Document Type: Article

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