Using the delphi technique: Experience from the world of counselling and psychotherapy

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 237-242

  West, Angela ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delphi study; Methodology; Participant response; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051988880     PISSN: 14733145     EISSN: 17461405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733145.2010.492429     Document Type: Article

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