Overrating or Dismissing the Value of Evidence-Based Practice: Consequences for Clinical Practice

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 400-405

  Zayas, Luis H ^a   Drake, Brett ^a   Jonson Reid, Melissa ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical judgment; Culture; Evidence based practice; Globalization; Social work education

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054096118     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: 15733343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10615-010-0306-1     Document Type: Article

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