An audit of assessment and reporting by Approved Social Workers (ASWs)

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1609-1627

  Davidson, Gavin ^a   Campbell, Jim ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approved Social Work; assessment; mental health law; risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955003492     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp060     Document Type: Article

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