From the editor: Evidence-based practice: Sea change or the emperor’s new clothes?

Journal of Social Work Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-23

  Gambrill, Eileen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0037216961     PISSN: 10437797     EISSN: 21635811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10437797.2003.10779115     Document Type: Article

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