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December 26, 2004
Electronic tagging
Kate Foster in the Scotsman has a piece in the Scotsman about the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland (MWCS) approving the electronic tagging of dementia patients.
I have no particular problem with this - if handled sensitively - especially if it means fewer locked doors and a little more freedom for patients. Is the ‘tag’ a worn device, perhaps on the ankle? Perhaps radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are too limited in range to be practicable?
Actually, I am surprised that this technology has not been adapted to track hostages in the Middle East.
news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1464782004
Posted by Simon Holledge at December 26, 2004 01:49 PM
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