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Author: John W. Murphy ,
John T. Pardeck
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Edition: Annotated edition
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.394kg
ISBN: 9780865690233
ISBN 10: 0865690235
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 30 March 1991
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
?A creditable addition to the literature of an area that has been given minimal attention as it relates to human service organizations. Murphy and Pardeck approach the use of computers from both a philosophical and a technological perspective. An important focus of the book is on the question of values as applied to the computerization of social service delivery. This focus is reflected throughout several of the chapters, which include the technological worldview: Western philosophy and knowledge; computer-mediated therapy; ethical issues related to computerized service delivery; and the construction of a socially responsible technology. The authors have also attempted to treat the subject in a practical, nonthreatening manner. Includes a selected, annotated bibliography and a general index. A valuable resource for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students, as well as for practicing human service professionals.?-Choice
?A creditable addition to the literature of an area that has been given minimal attention as it relates to human service organizations. Murphy and Pardeck approach the use of computers from both a philosophical and a technological perspective. An important focus of the book is on the question of values as applied to the computerization of social service delivery. This focus is reflected throughout several of the chapters, which include the technological worldview: Western philosophy and knowledge; computer-mediated therapy; ethical issues related to computerized service delivery; and the construction of a socially responsible technology. The authors have also attempted to treat the subject in a practical, nonthreatening manner. Includes a selected, annotated bibliography and a general index. A valuable resource for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students, as well as for practicing human service professionals.?-Choice A creditable addition to the literature of an area that has been given minimal attention as it relates to human service organizations. Murphy and Pardeck approach the use of computers from both a philosophical and a technological perspective. An important focus of the book is on the question of values as applied to the computerization of social service delivery. This focus is reflected throughout several of the chapters, which include the technological worldview: Western philosophy and knowledge; computer-mediated therapy; ethical issues related to computerized service delivery; and the construction of a socially responsible technology. The authors have also attempted to treat the subject in a practical, nonthreatening manner. Includes a selected, annotated bibliography and a general index. A valuable resource for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students, as well as for practicing human service professionals. -Choice
Author Information
JOHN W. MURPHY is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Miami. Among the many books he has written are Postmodernism Social Analysis and Criticism (Greenwood Press, 1989) and, with John T. Pardeck, Technology and Human Productivity (Greenwood, 1986). JOHN T. PARDECK is Professor of Social Work at Southeast Missouri State University. He has authored or coauthored numerous books, including Technology and Human Productivity (Greenwood Press, 1986), Books for Early Childhood: A Developmental Perspective (Greenwood, 1986), and Young People with Problems: A Guide to Bibliotherapy (Greenwood, 1984).
