A review of the research priorities of practitioners working with children in social care

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-305

  Stevens, Madeleine ^a,b   Liabo, Kristin ^a   Roberts, Helen ^a  

^a Institute of Health Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Research in practice; Research priorities; Social work practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848869179     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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