Telecare, Surveillance, and the Welfare State

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 36-44

  Sorell, Tom ^a   Draper, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

competence; elderly; privacy; surveillance; telecare; welfare state

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CRIME; DEMENTIA; DISABLED PERSON; ELECTRONICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHICS; EUROPE; FALLING; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATERNALISM; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIVACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CRIME; DEMENTIA; DISABLED PERSONS; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EUROPE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; PATERNALISM; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIVACY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84865041685     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2012.699137     Document Type: Article

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