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| A literature review on the ethics of surveillance technology | | Author(s) | Ruth Pearce |
| Journal title | Ageing and Health: the Journal of the Institute of Ageing and Health (West Midlands), no 21, 2017 |
| Publisher | Institute of Ageing and Health West Midlands, 2017 |
| Pages | pp 14-19 |
| Source | www.iah-wmids.org.uk |
| Keywords | Alarm systems ; Assistive technology ; Social ethics ; Rights [elderly] ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Monitoring by surveillance raises questions about ethical issues namely: privacy, autonomy, dignity and independence, thus prompting this literature review. A search for relevant literature on CINAHL and Medline to identify, quantify and examine the published literature on the ethical issues surrounding the use of surveillance technologies used key words such as 'surveillance', 'monitoring', 'lifestyle monitoring' in combination with 'ethics' or 'ethical' to identify relevant items. Eight published studies were analysed, most of which were literature reviews. Among the many themes variously identified are protection of personal data, independence, detecting cognitive decline, information sharing, safe care, and informed consent. This literature review concludes by discussing issues of privacy and consent. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170421212 A |
| Classmark | OV: M: TQ: IKR: 64A |
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