The Ethics of Electronic Tracking Devices in Dementia Care: An Interview Study with Developers.
Dementia
Development
Ethics
Location-based technologies
Wandering
Journal
Science and engineering ethics
ISSN: 1471-5546
Titre abrégé: Sci Eng Ethics
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9516228
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 May 2024
08 May 2024
Historique:
received:
16
05
2023
accepted:
05
04
2024
medline:
9
5
2024
pubmed:
9
5
2024
entrez:
8
5
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Wandering is a symptom of dementia that can have devastating consequences on the lives of persons living with dementia and their families and caregivers. Increasingly, caregivers are turning towards electronic tracking devices to help manage wandering. Ethical questions have been raised regarding these location-based technologies and although qualitative research has been conducted to gain better insight into various stakeholders' views on the topic, developers of these technologies have been largely excluded. No qualitative research has focused on developers' perceptions of ethics related to electronic tracking devices. To address this, we performed a qualitative semi-structured interview study based on grounded theory. We interviewed 15 developers of electronic tracking devices to better understand how they perceive ethical issues surrounding the design, development, and use of these devices within dementia care. Our results reveal that developers are strongly motivated by moral considerations and believe that including stakeholders throughout the development process is critical for success. Developers felt a strong sense of moral obligation towards topics within their control and a weaker sense of moral obligation towards topics outside their control. This leads to a perceived moral boundary between development and use, where some moral responsibility is shifted to end-users.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38720094
doi: 10.1007/s11948-024-00478-0
pii: 10.1007/s11948-024-00478-0
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
17Subventions
Organisme : Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
ID : G0A5822N
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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