Assessment and social construction: Conflict or co-creation?

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 689-708

  Iversen, Roberta Rehner ^a,d   Gergen, Kenneth J ^b   Fairbanks II, Robert P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Academic Affairs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Ecomap; Genogram; Postmodern; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844476920     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch200     Document Type: Article

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