EBP: Practitioners in search of evidence

Journal of Social Work

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-191

  Berger, Roni ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to implementation; Evidence based practice; Gaps; Practice based research; Research for practice; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950667712     PISSN: 14680173     EISSN: 1741296X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468017310363640     Document Type: Article

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