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The most current developments in information technology and their impact on human servicesIs information technology delivering--or can it deliver--its promised benefits? As information technology is making inroads on what some consider the last professional bastion of human values and human concern, social work practice, what is or should be the response of social work to this uninvited guest? In this engrossing study, editors Geiss and Viswanathan have assembled a book about challenges and opportunities that will have important consequences for practice in social work and many other areas of human service. The Human Edge is a comprehensive text and reference focusing on new developments and directions in information technology for social work and human services. Using “scenarios” contributed by a variety of experts working in different areas of social work, it covers in detail the application of information technology in research, practice, and administration. The Human Edge is available for classroom adoption. The text is written for undergraduate and graduate students in social work, as well as other helping professions such as medicine, nursing, psychology, education, and counseling.

• Preface
• Part I: The Foundations
• Chapter 1: Intercultural Technology Transfer
• Chapter 2: Information Technology and Helping People
• Information Technology: Concepts and Terms
• Information Technology: Trends and Impacts
• Information Technology and Helping People
• Part II: Views of Present and Future
• Chapter 3: External Views of Opportunities and Threats: The Keynotes
• The Network Revolution: Promises and Pitfalls in the Use of Information
• Ethics of Information Technology
• Emerging Trends and Issues in Decision Support Sustems and Related Technologies: Implications for Organizations
• Emerging Trends and Issues in DSS
• Impacts Upon and Implications for Organizations
• Chapter 4: Internal Views of Opportunities and Threats: Scenarios
• Problem Scenarios
• Keyword Index to Scenarios
•  Chapter 5: The State of the Art: Concepts, Applications, and Case Studies
• Information Technology Applied to Facilitating Practice
• Discussion
• Information Technology in Professional Preparation and Delivery of Services
• Discussion
• Information Technology in Support of Service-Delivery Decisions
• Discussion
• Information Technology in Direct Service to Clients
• Discussion
• Relevance of the Veterans Administration Decentralized Hospital Computer Plan to Social Work Practice
• Part Three: Issues and Options
• Chapter 6: Issues in Information Technology and Social Work: A Synoptic Overview
• The Leading Edge of Technology and the Growing Edge of Social Change: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives
• Blending Information Technology and Social Work: A Conceptual Framework
• Chapter 7: The Central Core: Information Technology, Social Work Practice, Social Work Education
• Mapping the New Horizons of Social Work Education and Practice
• Compiling an Encyclopedia of Ignorance: Explorations in Practice Roles and Professional Stance
• Information Technology and Education for Practice
• Information Technology and Social Work Education
• Computer-Assisted Instruction and Experiential Learning
• Information Technology and Social Work Practice: A Second Look
• Compiling an Encyclopedia of Ignorance: Explorations in Education for Practice
• Chapter 8: Values and Ethics
• Compiling an Encyclopedia of Ignorance: Explorations in Values and Ethics
• The Relationship of Values to Information Technology and Clinical Social Work
• International and Global Issues
• Chapter 9: Science and Knowledge
• Compiling an Encyclopedia of Ignorance: Explorations in Knowledge Needs and Technology Development
• Chapter 10: Management and Resource Development
• Compiling an Encyclopedia of Ignorance: Explorations in Organizational and Resource Problems
• Barriers to Progress: A Sampling
• Chapter 11: Actions and Applications
• Opportunities and Threats: A Sampling
• Compiling an Encyclopedia of Ignorance: Explorations in Opportunities, Threats, and Actions
• Principal Conference Agreement
• Appendixes, References, Bibliography, Index