The impact of audit on social work practice

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1075-1095

  Munro, Eileen ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Evaluation; New Public Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844279241     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch130     Document Type: Article

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