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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826285203321

Titolo

Information and communication technologies in the welfare services / / edited by Elizabeth Harlow and Stephen A. Webb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, Pa., : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2003

ISBN

1-281-32554-6

9786611325541

1-4175-0191-X

1-84642-379-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

255 p. ; ; 21 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

HarlowElizabeth

WebbStephen A. <1956->

Disciplina

361.2/5

Soggetti

Social service - Technological innovations - United States

Human services - Technological innovations - United States

Information technology - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.