Electronic tracking for people with dementia: An exploratory study of the ethical issues experienced by carers in making decisions about usage

Dementia

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 216-232

  White, Eleanor Bantry ^a   Montgomery, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dementia; electronic tracking; ethical acceptability; wandering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; ELECTRONIC TRACKING; ETHICAL ACCEPTABILITY; ETHICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; PRIVACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WANDERING;

DEMENTIA; ELECTRONIC TRACKING; ETHICAL ACCEPTABILITY; WANDERING;

CAREGIVERS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PRIVACY;

EID: 84897799328     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301212460445     Document Type: Article

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