Changes in the form of knowledge in social work: From the 'social' to the 'informational'?

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 253-269

  Parton, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information; Knowledge; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849086603     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcl337     Document Type: Article

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