Involving young service users as Co-researchers: Possibilities, benefits and costs

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1395-1410

  McLaughlin, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benefits; Co researchers; Costs; Involvement; Young service user

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845403168     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch420     Document Type: Article

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