Applied ethics and ehealth: Principles, identity, and RFID

Abstract

The social and ethical implications of contemporary technologies are becoming an issue of steadily growing importance. This paper offers an overview in terms of identity and the field of ethics, and explores how these apply to eHealth in both theory and practice. The paper selects a specific circumstance in which these ethical issues can be explored. It focuses particularly on radiofrequency identifiers (RFID). It ends by discussing ethical issues more generally, and the practice of ethical consideration.