The Role of Systematic Reviews and the Campbell Collaboration in the Realization of Evidence-Informed Practice

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 362-368

  Shlonsky, Aron ^a   Noonan, Eamonn ^b   Littell, Julia H ^c   Montgomery, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Campbell Collaboration   (Norway)

^c BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campbell Collaboration; Evidence based practice; Evidence informed practice; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054106947     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: 15733343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10615-010-0307-0     Document Type: Review

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