Operationalizing Evidence-Based Practice: The Development of an Institute for Evidence-Based Social Work

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 408-416

  Regehr, Cheryl ^a   Stern, Susan ^a   Shlonsky, Aron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

evidence based policy; evidence based practice; evidence based social work; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349109952     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731506293561     Document Type: Article

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