The development of an evaluation framework for partnership working

Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Atkinson, Maurice ^a  

^a SOUTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Children's services planning; Collaboration; Evaluation; Evaluation framework; Health and personal social service; Partnership working

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548271389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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