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ICT in Social Care Practices: Opportunities and Critical Issues

ICT in Social Care Practices: Opportunities and Critical Issues

Cristina Pinto Albuquerque (Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra and Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences, Nova University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2016 |Volume: 5 |Issue: 1 |Article: 3 |Pages: 13
ISSN: 2160-9551|EISSN: 2160-956X|EISBN13: 9781466693401|DOI: 10.4018/IJRQEH.2016010103
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Albuquerque, Cristina Pinto. "ICT in Social Care Practices: Opportunities and Critical Issues." IJRQEH 5.1 (2016): 32-44. Web. 27 Mar. 2020. doi:10.4018/IJRQEH.2016010103

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Albuquerque, C. P. (2016). ICT in Social Care Practices: Opportunities and Critical Issues. International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH), 5(1), 32-44. doi:10.4018/IJRQEH.2016010103

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Albuquerque, Cristina Pinto. "ICT in Social Care Practices: Opportunities and Critical Issues," International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH) 5 (2016): 1, accessed (March 27, 2020), doi:10.4018/IJRQEH.2016010103

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Abstract

In the present article, the author will discuss the critical questions associated with the use of ICT in social care practices as well as the possibilities generated by them in terms of innovation, effectiveness and efficiency of solutions and responses. At this level, she will underline the connection between social care and ICT, namely in what concerns the information, knowledge and participatory processes and the strategic diagnosis of needs and resources.

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