Reassessing a theory of professional expertise: A cross-national investigation of expert mental health social workers

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 709-725

  Merighi, Joseph R ^a,d   Ryan, Martin ^b   Renouf, Noel ^b,c   Healy, Bill ^b,c  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NorthWestern Mental Health   (Australia)

^d College of Social Work ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national research; Expertise; Mental health; Practice theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844514788     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch198     Document Type: Article

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