Practitioner Research Capacity: A Survey of Social Workers in Northern Queensland

Australian Social Work

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 540-554

  Harvey, Desley ^a,b   Plummer, David ^a,b   Pighills, Alison ^a,b   Pain, Tilley ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evidence based Practice; Health Services Research; Practitioner Research; Research Capacity Building

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881027592     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0312407X.2012.754916     Document Type: Article

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