[Ethical perspectives on Ehealth and health apps : Is all that is achievable desirable?] / E-Health und Gesundheitsapps aus medizinethischer Sicht : Wollen wir alles, was wir können?
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz
; 61(3): 349-357, 2018 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
The aim of technical innovation-and the standpoint from which to assess technology-must be to expand human spaces of action and improve social coexistence. Although many current developments have the potential for furthering this aim, they also imply the danger of being misused. The potential for misuse can be recognized and dealt with at an early stage if ethics is an integral part of technology development. Relevant evaluation criteria include benefit and damage potential, possible repercussions on the physician-patient relationship, self-efficacy, and self-determination (autonomy) of the actors based on full knowledge, appropriate attribution of responsibility, and the access and distribution of rights.This report meditates on the ethical evaluation of Ehealth and the role of ethics in developing new medical technologies. It first discusses the effects of the digitalization of the healthcare market on patients and health workers and then reconsiders the potential, framework, and instruments of ethical evaluation from a theoretical and application-oriented point of view.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Telemedicina
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Ética Médica
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Aplicaciones Móviles
Aspecto:
Ethics
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
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De
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Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz
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SAUDE PUBLICA
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2018
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Article