Engaging with involuntary service users in social work: Findings from a knowledge exchange project

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1460-1477

  Smith, Mark ^a   Gallagher, Michael ^b   Wosu, Helen ^a   Stewart, Jane ^c   Cree, Vivien E ^c   Hunter, Scott ^d   Evans, Sam ^e   Montgomery, Catherine ^e   Holiday, Sarah ^c   Wilkinson, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d Children and Families of Midlothian Council   (United Kingdom)

^e Children and Families of Midlothian Council ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Engagement; involuntary service users; knowledge exchange; participation; practitioner research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871231219     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcr162     Document Type: Review

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