Ethically sound technology? Guidelines for interactive ethical assessment of personal health monitoring

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 187, Issue , 2013, Pages 105-114

  Palm, Elin ^a   Nordgren, Anders ^a   Verweij, Marcel ^b   Collste, Göran ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Care; Care Ethics; Health Care; Home Care; Interactive Ethical Technology Assessment; Monitoring; Personalized Care Technology; Stakeholders; Surveillance; Values

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MONITORING; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SPACE SURVEILLANCE;

CARE; CARE ETHICS; HOME CARE; STAKEHOLDERS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS; VALUES;

HOME HEALTH CARE;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD; TELEMEDICINE;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84894229463     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-256-1-105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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