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- Title
Who Cares? Moral Obligations in Formal and Informal Care Provision in the Light of ICT-Based Home Care.
- Authors
Palm, Elin
- Abstract
An aging population is often taken to require a profound reorganization of the prevailing health care system. In particular, a more cost-effective care system is warranted and ICT-based home care is often considered a promising alternative. Modern health care devices admit a transfer of patients with rather complex care needs from institutions to the home care setting. With care recipients set up with health monitoring technologies at home, spouses and children are likely to become involved in the caring process and informal caregivers may have to assist kin-persons with advanced care needs by means of sophisticated technology. This paper investigates some of the ethical implications of a near-future shift from institutional care to technology-assisted home care and the subsequent impact on the care recipient and formal- and informal care providers.
- Subjects
AGING; CAREGIVERS; ETHICS; HOME care services; MEDICAL care; PUBLIC health surveillance; RESPONSIBILITY; TECHNOLOGY; EQUIPMENT &; supplies
- Publication
Health Care Analysis, 2013, Vol 21, Issue 2, p171
- ISSN
1065-3058
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10728-011-0199-3