ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON EMERGING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES: INSIGHTS FROM FOCUS GROUPS WITH STAKEHOLDERS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON EMERGING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES: INSIGHTS FROM FOCUS GROUPS WITH STAKEHOLDERS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
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DOI：
10.1525/jer.2009.4.1.25
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发表时间：
2009-03-01
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Wactlar, Howard
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作者：
Dorsten, Aimee-Marie;Sifford, K. Susan;Wactlar, Howard
在长期护理（LTC）机构中，辅助诊断是相对新颖的研究和日常护理工具，这些机构面临着老年人口迅速增长和人力资源减少的问题。长期护理设施的利益相关者接受使用这些技术的程度知之甚少。在宾夕法尼亚州西南部的七个LTC设施与相关利益相关者群体进行了18个半结构化的焦点小组和一次访谈。在所有焦点小组中确定的共同主题集中在与新技术实施相关的隐私，自主权，成本和安全问题上。每个主题的相对重要性因利益攸关方群体以及认知和/或身体残疾的严重程度而异。我们的研究结果表明，道德问题是其最终用户接受新技术的关键，利益相关者群体是相互依赖的，需要就接受这些新兴技术进行共享沟通。
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES ARE RELATIVELY novel tools for research and daily care in long-term care (LTC) facilities that are faced with the burgeoning of the older adult population and dwindling staffing resources. The degree to which stakeholders in LTC facilities are receptive to the use of these technologies is poorly understood. Eighteen semi-structured focus groups and one interview were conducted with relevant groups of stakeholders at seven LTC facilities in southwestern Pennsylvania. Common themes identified across all focus groups centered on concerns for privacy, autonomy, cost, and safety associated with implementation of novel technologies. The relative importance of each theme varied by stakeholder group as well as the perceived severity of cognitive and/or physical disability. Our findings suggest that ethical issues are critical to acceptance of novel technologies by their end users, and that stakeholder groups are interdependent and require shared communication about the acceptance of these emerging technologies.