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. 2010 Sep 16;7(3):169–188. doi: 10.1007/s10202-010-0086-2

Table 1.

Moral issues related to social acceptance

Moral issues
Making sure that the application does not interfere with everyday life (invisibility of technology)
Setting the requirements of the security of this applications (how secure is secure enough?)
Striking the right balance between user friendliness, reliability, and functionality
Making sure that end users (patients, their family & friends, and clinicians) are able and willing to use the application
Starting a broad societal discussion about the desirability of these kinds of (monitoring) applications
Addressing questions related to data storage and data access (legal aspects)
Inventorying/monitoring potential risks of the present application
Identify how technological choices affect the social acceptance