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Recognizing but not acknowledging — on using research information in social work with elderly people suffering from dementia
Author(s)	Ulla Melin Emilsson
Journal title	British Journal of Social Work, vol 35, no 8, December 2005
Pages	pp 1393-1410
Source	http://bjsw.oxfordjournals.org
Keywords	Dementia ; Social work ; Sociology, Social Science ; Research ; Methodology ; Qualitative Studies.
Annotation	The gap between theory and practice on social work continues to be great, and research results seem to live a life of their own, far from the field they were intended to improve. This article considers research information as a useful contribution to social work with older people suffering from dementia, and to qualitative methods used in the area of social science research. The article arises from a project aimed at studying the usefulness of research information through an interactive exercise within focus groups. The author discusses how the results of research can be used to improve practice. When researchers' theoretical-oriented perspectives meet with practitioners' action-oriented perspectives, two different models enrich each other in the process of developing integrated knowledge. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-050202505 A
Classmark	EA: IG: S: 3A: 3D: 3DP
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