Resourcing a CORE Network to develop a National Research Database to help enhance psychological therapy and counselling service provision

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-22

  Mellor Clark, John ^a   Curtis Jenkins, Alex ^a   Evans, Richard ^b   Mothersole, Geoff ^c   McInnes, Barry ^c  

^a CORE Information Management Systems ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b The CORE System Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c CORE Benchmarking Network ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

benchmarking; CORE PC; networks; performance assessment; Quality evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847171967     PISSN: 14733145     EISSN: 17461405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733140600581242     Document Type: Article

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