An exploratory study of email use by direct service social workers

Journal of Technology in Human Services

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1-20

  Finn, Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Email; Ethics; Information technology; Social work practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750556399     PISSN: 15228835     EISSN: 15228991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J017v24n04_01     Document Type: Review

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