Ethical framework of assistive devices: Review and reflection
Abstract
The population of ageing is growing significantly over the world, and there is an emerging demand for better healthcare services and more care centres. Innovations of Information and Communication Technology has resulted
in development of various types of assistive robots to fulfill elderly’s needs and independency, whilst carrying out daily routine tasks. This makes it vital to have a clear understanding of elderly’s needs and expectations from assistive robots. This paper addresses current ethical issues to understand elderly’s prime needs. Also, we consider other general ethics with the purpose of applying these theories to form a proper ethics framework. In the ethics framework, the ethical concerns of senior citizens will be prioritized to satisfy elderly’s needs and also to diminish related expenses to healthcare services.... [Show full abstract]
Keywords
robot ethics; assistive medical robots; robot ethics framework; older adults; assistive walking device framework; ethics concerns; ethics issuesFields of Research
11 Medical and Health Sciences; 111702 Aged Health Care; 090304 Medical Devices; 220106 Medical EthicsDate
2017-11-15Type
Journal ArticleCollections
© The Author(s) 2017.
Citation
Mansouri, N., Goher, K., & Hosseini, S.E. (2017). Ethical framework of assistive devices: Review and reflection. Robotics and Biomimetics, 4:19. doi:10.1186/s40638-017-0074-2Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Towards ethical framework for personal care robots: review and reflection
Mansouri, N.; Goher, Khaled (Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2016-10)In recent decades, robots have been used noticeably at various industries. Autonomous robots have been embedded in human lives especially in elderly and disabled lives. Elderly population is growing worldwide significantly; ... -
Ethical reasoning and the importance of ethics: a comparison of New Zealand and Chinese accounting students
Peng, Kun (Lincoln UniversityLincoln, Christchurch, 2011)Recent business scandals, such as Enron, have highlighted that ethical issues in accounting are not being dealt with properly by accountants and have raised questions about accountants’ appreciation of ethics as professionals. ... -
Linking moral judgement and moral intensity to ethical decision-making : a cross-cultural analysis
Ballantine, Paul W. (Lincoln University, 1998)This study explored the effects of moral judgement, moral intensity, and culture on ethical decision-making behaviour using data collected from students attending universities in Malaysia, Morocco, and New Zealand. The ...