Philosophy, Theory and Method in Social Work: Challenging Empiricism’s Claim on Evidence-based Practice

Journal of Social Work

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-20

  Houston, Stanley ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evidence based practice; object relations; theory critical realism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248601056     PISSN: 14680173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468017305051242     Document Type: Article

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