The human centred approach to bionanotechnology in telemedicine: ethical consid...

• Autor(es): Costa, Gonçalo Jorge Morais da ; Silva, Nuno Miguel Araújo da ; Silva, Nuno Sotero Alves da
• Data: 2009
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/11144/357
• Origem: Camões - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
• Assunto(s): Information; communication; telemedicine; bionanotechnology
• Tipo de Documento: Parte ou capítulo de livro
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

The information and communication technologies (ICTs) field is expanding rapidly and affecting several domains of mankind, as for example healthcare. Therefore, ICTs can act as an enabler or a provider these fields through telemedicine. Consequently, promoting an human centred and ethical approach is the primary challenge concerning ICT healthcare innovation. Simultaneously, can we deter- or at least discourage- innovation that serves malicious ends, or that causes serious threats to humanity? So, the purpose of this contribution is to discuss the relationship between ICT evolution and healthcare, particularly concerning a specific correlated research fields: bionanotechnology and telemedicine. For that, we will focus in its applications, and sort of ethical and moral dilemmas encompasses.