The use of social media in social care: a systematic review of the argument-based ethics literature.

ABSTRACT: Digital technologies, especially social media, have become everyday tools. In care settings, the use of social media is considered a possible guarantee to maintain quality practices. This trend is specifically relevant for social care, including social work, psychology, psychiatry, rehabilitation etc., due to their communicative nature. Nevertheless, this use is joined by ethical vulnerabilities. To get insight into these, a systematic review of relevant normative-ethical literature was carried out following a 4-step methodology: developing ethical-conceptual questions; a literature search in four electronic databases (CINAHL, Philosopher's Index, Web of Science, ProQuest Database Psychology); assessment and inclusion of articles based on predefined criteria; extracting, analysing, and syn

SUBMITTER: Vandemeulebroucke T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12380649 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature