Evidence-Based Practices Do Not Exist

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 328-333

  Thyer, Bruce A ^a   Pignotti, Monica ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical social work; EBP; Empirically supported treatments; EST; Evidence based practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155162454     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: 15733343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10615-011-0358-x     Document Type: Article

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