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Solitary death and new lifestyles during and after COVID-19: wearable devices and public health ethics.

Eisuke NakazawaKeiichiro YamamotoAlex John LondonAkira Akabayashi
Published in: BMC medical ethics (2021)
If thoughtfully deployed under proper policy constraints, wearable devices offer a way to connect solitary older people to health services and could reduce cases of solitary death while respecting the personhood of the user.
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