Toward valuation in social work and social services

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 388-396

  Cnaan, Ram A ^a   Kang, Chulhee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; management; valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958720447     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731510387306     Document Type: Article

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