Implanting inequality: Empirical evidence of social and ethical risks of implantable radio-frequency identification (RFID) devices

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 370-376

  Monahan, Torin ^a   Fisher, Jill A ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; ICT implants; Patient identification systems; Privacy; Technology

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO CARE; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS; ETHICS; HEALTH BENEFITS; HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY; ICT IMPLANTS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITIZATION; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS;

HEALTH RISKS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649980089     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: 14716348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462310001133     Document Type: Article

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