Assessing the quality of knowledge in social care: Exploring the potential of a set of generic standards

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-226

  Long, Andrew F ^a   Grayson, Lesley ^b   Boaz, Annette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Quality assessment; Social care; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644986663     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch307     Document Type: Article

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