Improving the teaching of evidence-based practice: Challenges and priorities

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 612-618

  Soydan, Haluk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Evidence based social work; Social work curriculum; Teaching social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547900262     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731507300144     Document Type: Article

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