What supports and impedes evidence-based practice implementation? A survey of Australian social workers

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 667-684

  Gray, Mel ^a   Joy, Elyssa ^a   Plath, Debbie ^a   Webb, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barriers; Evidence based practice; Facilitators; Implementation; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925632381     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bct123     Document Type: Article

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