DocumentCode
1811929
Title
Legal, ethical and socio-economic aspects of community telecare
Author
Sethi, R. ; Bagga, G. ; Carpenter, D. ; Azzi, D. ; Khusainov, R.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK
fYear
2011
fDate
6-6 April 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
6
Abstract
Legal, ethical and socio-economic factors in community telecare differ from those pertaining to telemedicine and are examined with reference to older persons´ care. Issues discussed include equipment liability, service malpractice, technical and service standards, consent (including the Mental Capacity Act), research, trials, human factors, dependence, privacy, security, accessibility, quality, affordability, social inequalities and community factors.
Keywords
ethical aspects; geriatrics; health care; human factors; law; socio-economic effects; telemedicine; accessibility; affordability; community factors; community telecare; consent; dependence; equipment liability; ethical aspects; human factors; legal aspects; mental capacity act; privacy; quality; research; security; service malpractice; service standards; social inequalities; socio-economic aspects; technical standards; telemedicine; trials; elderly; ethical; legal; socio-economic; telecare;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Assisted Living 2011, IET Seminar on
Conference_Location
London
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/ic.2011.0023
Filename
6183135
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