The development of problem-solving knowledge for social care practice

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 971-987

  Marsh, Peter ^a,c   Fisher, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c Elmfield Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; History of social work; Practitioner research; Research and evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749096449     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcm116     Document Type: Review

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