Information technology and social work - The dark side or light side?

Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 9-25

  Csiernik, Rick ^a   Furze, Patricia ^b   Dromgole, Laura ^c   Rishchynski, Giselle Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Furze and Associates   (Canada)

^c Children's Aid Society of London and Middlesex   (Canada)

Author keywords

Information society; Limitations and benefits; Technological risks; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751548233     PISSN: 15433714     EISSN: 15433722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J394v03n03_02     Document Type: Article

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