The most current developments in information technology and their impact on human servicesIs information technology delivering--or can it deliver--its promised benefits? As information technology is making inroads on what some consider the last professional bastion of human values and human concern, social work practice, what is or should be the response of social work to this uninvited guest? In this engrossing study, editors Geiss and Viswanathan have assembled a book about challenges and opportunities that will have important consequences for practice in social work and many other areas of human service. The Human Edge is a comprehensive text and reference focusing on new developments and directions in information technology for social work and human services. Using "scenarios" contributed by a variety of experts working in different areas of social work, it covers in detail the application of information technology in research, practice, and administration. The Human Edge is available for classroom adoption. The text is written for undergraduate and graduate students in social work, as well as other helping professions such as medicine, nursing, psychology, education, and counseling.
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978-0-86656-407-6 (9780866564076)
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Contents Foreword
Preface
Part I: The Foundations
Chapter 1: Intercultural Technology Transfer
Chapter 2: Information Technology and Helping People
Information Technology: Concepts and Terms
Information Technology: Trends and Impacts
Information Technology and Helping People
Part II: Views of Present and Future
Chapter 3: External Views of Opportunities and Threats: The Keynotes
The Network Revolution: Promises and Pitfalls in the Use of Information
Ethics of Information Technology
Emerging Trends and Issues in Decision Support Sustems and Related Technologies: Implications for Organizations
Emerging Trends and Issues in DSS
Impacts Upon and Implications for Organizations
Chapter 4: Internal Views of Opportunities and Threats: Scenarios
Problem Scenarios
Keyword Index to Scenarios
Chapter 5: The State of the Art: Concepts, Applications, and Case Studies
Information Technology Applied to Facilitating Practice
Discussion
Information Technology in Professional Preparation and Delivery of Services
Discussion
Information Technology in Support of Service-Delivery Decisions
Discussion
Information Technology in Direct Service to Clients
Discussion
Relevance of the Veterans Administration Decentralized Hospital Computer Plan to Social Work Practice
Part Three: Issues and Options
Chapter 6: Issues in Information Technology and Social Work: A Synoptic Overview
The Leading Edge of Technology and the Growing Edge of Social Change: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives
Blending Information Technology and Social Work: A Conceptual Framework
Chapter 7: The Central Core: Information Technology, Social Work Practice, Social Work Education
Mapping the New Horizons of Social Work Education and Practice
Compiling an Encyclopedia of Ignorance: Explorations in Practice Roles and Professional Stance
Information Technology and Education for Practice
Information Technology and Social Work Education
Computer-Assisted Instruction and Experiential Learning
Information Technology and Social Work Practice: A Second Look
Compiling an Encyclopedia of Ignorance: Explorations in Education for Practice
Chapter 8: Values and Ethics
Compiling an Encyclopedia of Ignorance: Explorations in Values and Ethics
The Relationship of Values to Information Technology and Clinical Social Work
International and Global Issues
Chapter 9: Science and Knowledge
Compiling an Encyclopedia of Ignorance: Explorations in Knowledge Needs and Technology Development
Chapter 10: Management and Resource Development
Compiling an Encyclopedia of Ignorance: Explorations in Organizational and Resource Problems
Barriers to Progress: A Sampling
Chapter 11: Actions and Applications
Opportunities and Threats: A Sampling
Compiling an Encyclopedia of Ignorance: Explorations in Opportunities, Threats, and Actions
Principal Conference Agreement
Appendixes, References, Bibliography, Index
