Direct payments and social work practice: The significance of 'street-level bureaucracy' in determining eligibility

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 405-422

  Ellis, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'street level bureaucracy'; Direct payments; Professional values

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649138130     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcm013     Document Type: Article

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