Promoting harmony where there is commonly conflict: Evidence-informed practice as an integrative strategy

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 216-231

  Epstein, Irwin ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Evidence informed practice; Practice based research; Reflective practice; Research based practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; RESEARCH; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 67449095760     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380802589845     Document Type: Article

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