What do service users think of evaluation? Evidence from family support

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 399-408

  Cortis, Natasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Family support; Performance measurement; Service users; User involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848928807     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2007.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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