Practitioner research: Evidence or critique?

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1231-1248

  Shaw, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical practice; Practical research; Practitioner research

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144477225     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch223     Document Type: Article

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