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Information and communication technologies in the welfare services / edited by Elizabeth Harlow and Stephen A. Webb.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social service--Technological innovations--United States.
- Social service.
- Human services--Technological innovations--United States.
- Human services.
- Information technology--Social aspects.
- Information technology.
- Physical Description:
- 255 p. ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia, Pa. : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2003.
- Summary:
- Discussing issues such as child abuse and the Internet, computer mediated self-help and collaborative learning, this is a ground-breaking book in the field of social care, bringing well-researched and up-to-date discussion of all aspects of information technology to those working and studying in health and social care.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Information and Communication Technologies in the Welfare Services
- Contents
- Introduction Information and Communication Technologies in the Welfare Services: Wired Wonderland or Hypertext Hell?
- Part One: Social Work and Social Care
- Chapter 1. The Caring Professions and Information Technology: In Search of a Theory
- Chapter 2. Using the Internet for Evidence-based Practice
- Chapter 3. Real Records, Virtual Clients
- Chapter 4. Technology and Systems of Referral Taking in Social Services: From Narrative to Code
- Chapter 5. Internet Child Abuse
- Part Two: Health and Welfare
- Chapter 6. Information Technology and the Organization of Patient Care
- Chapter 7. Health, Collaborative Learning and the Collapse of Professionalism? The Information Brothel
- Chapter 8. From Self-service Welfare to Virtual Self-help
- Chapter 9. Consumers, the Internet and the Reconfiguration of Expertise
- Conclusion Technologies of Care
- The Contributors
- Subject Index
- Author Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611325541
- 9781281325549
- 1281325546
- 9781417501915
- 141750191X
- 9781846423796
- 1846423791
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