The notion of causal impact in evidence-based social work: An introduction to the special issue on what works?

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 273-277

  Otto, Hans Uwe ^a   Ziegler, Holger ^a,b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

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EID: 44649094577     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731507313997     Document Type: Article

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