Evidence based and knowledge based social work : research methods and approaches in social work research /

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Imprint:Denmark : Danish School of Education, Aarhus University Press ; Oakville, CT : David Brown Book, ©2008.
Description:1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11167963
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Other authors / contributors:Bryderup, Inge M.
ISBN:9788779346734
8779346731
9788779344228
8779344224
Digital file characteristics:text file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:Policymakers in welfare democracies throughout the world are raising questions as to whether welfare systems deliver what the public expects, and focus attention on increasing costs. Social workers need more evidence and knowledge about an increasing diversity of social work practices. Users of social welfare are increasingly individualized and made responsible for choosing and delivering their own service through contracts and this makes politicians, social workers and users more interested in evidence and knowledge about social services, even though these interests are often conflicting. These tendencies might be part of the reasons why the evaluation of social work practice seems to be characterized at present by a variety and diversity of research methods, approaches and theories.--publisher.
Other form:Print version: Evidence based and knowledge based social work. Denmark : Danish School of Education, Aarhus University Press ; Oakville, CT : David Brown Book, ©2008