Pursuing Good Practice?: The Limits of Evidence-based Practice

Journal of Social Work

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-20

  Gray, Mel ^a   Mcdonald, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

ethical reasoning; evidence based practice; mature professionalism; neo liberalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248609241     PISSN: 14680173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468017306062209     Document Type: Article

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