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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Assisted Living 2011, IET Seminar on
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1049/ic.2011.0023
