Investing in the future: Social workers talk about research

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 557-575

  Beddoe, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Practitioner research; professionalisation; social work research

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955368040     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcq138     Document Type: Article

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