Ethical frontiers of ICT and older users: Cultural, pragmatic and ethical issues

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 313-326

  McLean, Athena ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageism; Cultural assumptions; E inclusion; Ethics; Senior citizens; Smart home and monitoring technologies; Views on independent living; Western views of ethics

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INCLUSIONS; INDEPENDENT LIVING SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS;

AGEISM; CULTURAL ASSUMPTIONS; E INCLUSIONS; ETHICS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES; SENIOR CITIZENS; WESTERN VIEWS OF ETHICS;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 80355133395     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-011-9276-4     Document Type: Article

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