Ethical Dilemmas in Applying Second-Wave Information Technology to Social Work Practice

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Cwikel, PhD, is Lecturer, Charlotte & Jack Spitzer Department of Social Work, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, BeerSheba, Israel. Ram A. Cnaan, PhD, is Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania, 3701 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Please direct all correspondence to Professor Cnaan. Accepted December 1, 1990 L*5 WHAT KIND OF A WORLD