Biomedical Engineering Reference
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Fig. 9.2
Survey decisions by question. “No” is the
top dark shaded bar
, “Neutral” is the
middle lightly shaded bar
, and “Yes” is the
lower dark shaded bar
in considering privacy of residents, raw data is more sensitive than data that
has been read by machines and encoded into high-level characterizations (2B).
Survey participants largely agreed that approval should also be required for
in-home monitoring, as an integral part of respecting another person's au-
tonomy (2C). The last two questions (regarding group homes) produced a
variety of responses. For care facilities with residents who do not want to
be monitored, the most popular response was that residents should not be
removed, but rather accommodated as much as possible (2D). In considering
whether monitoring of residents in bathrooms and bedrooms is acceptable,
the most popular reason was “Neutral,” depending on the type of sensors
being used, on the degree of data encoding and manipulation prior to hu-
man analysis of the data, and on security measures put in place to prevent
violations of privacy (2E).
Networking Scenario:
Survey participants agreed that social inclusion
should be a design factor (3A), along with other relevant design factors (e.g.,
cost, environmental impact, maintenance) (3B).
Mobility Scenario:
This scenario focused on a powered wheelchair user liv-
ing in a group home. Survey participants expressed a wide variety of opinions
in assessing whether the occupational therapist should be able to reduce the
wheelchair's maximum speed (4A); the most popular response was “Neutral”
due to a lack of information. However, an unambiguous majority of survey
participants believed that the user should be able to set the wheelchair's
maximum speed (4B), with many responses citing the need for autonomy
and personal choice of risk level. Many survey participants agreed that the
group home should be able to set and enforce speed limits on their property;
others pointed out the necessity of increasing wheelchair speed outside of the
facility (4C).
