Invited commentary on papers by holden et al. and shek on the quality of social work abstracts

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 366-369

  Taylor, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 63849232750     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731508321560     Document Type: Review

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