TY - JOUR
T1 - Social work informatics
T2 - A new specialty
AU - Parker-Oliver, Debra
AU - Demiris, George
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - The use of technology in social work practice has risen dramatically over the past 10 years. Clinical interventions such as psychotherapy using telephones, interactive video, and the Internet are gaining in popularity. For a discipline traditionally tied to face-to-face interaction, many concerns about moving to technology-based practices have been raised. The National Association of Social Workers recently embraced A new initiative to address the challenges associated with technology in practice. The authors propose social work informatics as a new specialty for the profession to assist in meeting those challenges.
AB - The use of technology in social work practice has risen dramatically over the past 10 years. Clinical interventions such as psychotherapy using telephones, interactive video, and the Internet are gaining in popularity. For a discipline traditionally tied to face-to-face interaction, many concerns about moving to technology-based practices have been raised. The National Association of Social Workers recently embraced A new initiative to address the challenges associated with technology in practice. The authors propose social work informatics as a new specialty for the profession to assist in meeting those challenges.
KW - Computers in social work
KW - Practice
KW - Social work informatics
KW - Technology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33747618446&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/sw/51.2.127
DO - 10.1093/sw/51.2.127
M3 - Article
C2 - 16858918
AN - SCOPUS:33747618446
SN - 0037-8046
VL - 51
SP - 127
EP - 134
JO - Social Work (United States)
JF - Social Work (United States)
IS - 2
ER -