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Educational Action Research
Connecting Research and Practice for Professionals and Communities
Volume 16, 2008 - Issue 1
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Original Articles

Building action focused research in social care organisations

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Pages 19-30 | Received 11 Aug 2006, Accepted 05 Jun 2007, Published online: 19 Feb 2008

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