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Practice, Policy, & Perspectives

A Social Work Perspective on Using Social Return on Investment (SROI) in Humanistic Social Care

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Pages 491-499 | Received 08 Sep 2015, Accepted 03 Apr 2016, Published online: 23 Jun 2016

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