Charity supports dementia tagging
BBC News
12/27/07
Proposed electronic tagging of dementia sufferers, with their agreement, has been backed by a key charity.
The Alzheimer’s Society said the plan could empower patients by allowing them to wander, but called for a debate on the ethics of gaining consent.Many dementia sufferers feel compelled to walk about outside - the society says 60% may wander, and 40% have got lost at some point.The government has said tagging could allow people to lead “fuller lives”...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7159287.stm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=tagging
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=dementia
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Alzheimer
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/RFID/
12/27/07
Proposed electronic tagging of dementia sufferers, with their agreement, has been backed by a key charity.
The Alzheimer’s Society said the plan could empower patients by allowing them to wander, but called for a debate on the ethics of gaining consent.Many dementia sufferers feel compelled to walk about outside - the society says 60% may wander, and 40% have got lost at some point.The government has said tagging could allow people to lead “fuller lives”...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7159287.stm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=tagging
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=dementia
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Alzheimer
http://omega.twoday.net/topics/RFID/
Starmail - 27. Dez, 10:34
