Telehealth: Implications for social work practice

Social Work

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 153-161

  McCarty, Dawn ^a   Clancy, Catherine ^b  

^a LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Licensing; Practice; Technology; Telehealth; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL LIABILITY; LICENSING; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVACY; SOCIAL WORK; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LIABILITY, LEGAL; LICENSURE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PRIVACY; SOCIAL WORK; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036548577     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/47.2.153     Document Type: Article

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