Today's studies, Tomorrow's meta-analyses: Implications for evidence informed decision-making in social work

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Lundahl, Brad ^a   Yaffe, Joanne ^a   Hobson, Janalee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Evidence informed decision making; Meta analysis; Method; Research; Rigor; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449105999     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01488370802473807     Document Type: Article

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