Elin Palm
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Elin Palm is a leading scholar in the ethics of emerging health technologies, with a particular focus on personal health monitoring, assistive robotics, and the responsible design of care technologies. Her most-cited work, "Ethically Sound Technology? Guidelines for Interactive Ethical Assessment of Personal Health Monitoring" (2013, 17 citations), provides a foundational framework for evaluating the ethical implications of novel care technologies—including smart devices, sensors, and ICT systems—that enable care outside traditional institutions. Palm’s major contribution lies in developing interactive ethical assessment methodologies that bridge the gap between technological innovation and moral accountability, ensuring that patient autonomy, privacy, and dignity are preserved as care becomes increasingly digitized and automated. Her work is widely recognized for its practical orientation, offering concrete guidelines for engineers, policymakers, and healthcare providers. By foregrounding the transformational potential of these technologies while rigorously questioning their ethical costs, Palm has shaped critical discourse on responsible innovation in healthcare. Her research continues to inform debates on the ethical governance of monitoring and robotic systems in aging and disability care.
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