The development of electronic information systems for the future: Practitioners, 'embodied structures' and 'technologies-in-practice'

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 430-445

  Gillingham, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child protection; Electronic information system; Structured decision making; Technologies in practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877271724     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcr202     Document Type: Article

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