Eye on Ethics: Tele-Social Work in a COVID-19 World: An Ethics Primer

Document Type

Article

Department

Sociology

Abstract

The coronavirus pandemic has transformed social work. Legions of practitioners who have customarily provided face-to-face services to clients have shifted suddenly to online and distance counseling. Of course, a relatively small percentage of social workers have been providing remote services for quite some time, as video, text-based, e-mail, and smartphone technology has matured. But, for most social workers, this rapid transition to online and distance service delivery because of COVID-19 has come with a steep learning curve.

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