Keeping social work honest: Evaluating as profession and practice

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 847-869

  Shaw, Ian ^a   Shaw, Alison ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040513013     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a011282     Document Type: Article

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