Is the best practices movement consistent with the values of the counseling profession? A critical analysis of best practices ideology

Counseling and Values

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 154-160

  Hansen, James T ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547192832     PISSN: 01607960     EISSN: 2161007X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-007X.2006.tb00051.x     Document Type: Article

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