Promoting evidence-based practice: Models and mechanisms from cross-sector review

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 552-559

  Nutley, Sandra ^a   Walter, Isabel ^b   Davies, Huw T O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Mechanisms; Models; Research use; Social care

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449345991     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731509335496     Document Type: Review

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