Evidence-based practice and policy: Choices ahead

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 338-357

  Gambrill, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Choices; Ethics; Evidence based practice; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645686105     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731505284205     Document Type: Article

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