It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's... Fidelity Measurement in the Real World

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-147

  Schoenwald, Sonja K ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Fidelity measurement; Implementation fidelity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958698499     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: 14682850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.2011.01245.x     Document Type: Article

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