Mindfulness research in social work: Conceptual and methodological recommendations

Social Work Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 439-448

  Garland, Eric L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

evidence based practice; meditation; mindfulness; randomized controlled trial; research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892754986     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: 15456838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/svt038     Document Type: Article

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