ETHICS OF TECHNOLOGY-ASSISTED NEUROCOGNITIVE REHABILITATION

Title

ETHICS OF TECHNOLOGY-ASSISTED NEUROCOGNITIVE REHABILITATION

Creator

Chandra, Ajay; Ramaprasad, Arkalgud; Rangaswamy, Madhavi

Description

The integration of invasive, non-invasive, and external technology into healthcare has significantly transformed neurocognitive rehabilitation. It has transformed the relationship between the patients and their care providers, caretakers, and digital agents of care. It can aid the rehabilitating agents at all levels of intervention, stages of patients response, and interactions between them and the patients. While technology can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of neurocognitive rehabilitation, it raises fundamental ethical issues. The three types of technology invasive, noninvasive, and external pose different types of issues that must be addressed by the care providers, caretakers, the digital agents, and the patients. The ethical issues must be balanced against the potential efficiency and effectiveness of the technologies in making intervention decisions. The chapter presents an Ontology of Ethics of Technology-Driven Neurocognitive Rehabilitation as a framework to parse these complex issues clearly, concisely, and comprehensively. It provides a roadmap to address the ethics systemically and systematically. Technology-assisted neurocognitive rehabilitation can deeply affect the mind, body, and spirit of the patient. It is an emerging field and there is little literature on its ethics. The framework can be used to develop a roadmap for research, policies, and practice. 2026 selection and editorial matter, K. Jayasankara Reddy; individual chapters, the contributors. All rights reserved.

Source

The Routledge International Handbook of Neurocognitive Rehabilitation: Practices, Innovations, and Future Directions;pp.269-280

Date

01-01-2026

Publisher

Taylor and Francis

Coverage

Chandra A., School of Psychological Sciences, Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India, School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Chanakya University, Bengaluru, India; Ramaprasad A., Department of Information and Decision Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States; Rangaswamy M., School of Psychological Sciences, Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISBN: 978-104056676-3; 978-104108711-3;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003646662-20

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