The place of community in social work practice research: Conceptual and methodological developments

Social Work Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 73-86

  Coulton, Claudia ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Geographic information systems; Neighborhoods; Research design

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746097376     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/29.2.73     Document Type: Article

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