Gaining access to data sources in statutory social work agencies: The long and winding road

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1193-1202

  Hayes, David ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Data sources; Gatekeepers; Research settings

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544485262     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch295     Document Type: Article

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