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Tracking patients who wander : ethics and technology
Author(s)Rupert McShane, Tony Hope, Judith Wilkinson
Journal titleThe Lancet, vol 343, no 8908, 21 May 1994
Pagesp 1274
KeywordsWandering ; Dementia ; Electronic alarm systems ; Social ethics.
AnnotationDiscusses the ethical issues involved in attaching an electronic tracking device to locate dementia patients who go wandering.
Accession NumberCPA-940526011 A
ClassmarkEPC: EA: OV:YA6: TQ *

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