Online methodology is being used for day-to-day meetings, institutional approvals in the administration and for teaching and learning in the education sector to the extent telemedicine in the health sector is getting popular with the approvals of the competent authority. No doubt it has advantages and disadvantages for both the beneficiaries and the system at large. Describe and discuss the ethical issues involved in the use of online methods particularly to vulnerable sections of society.
What the examiner wants
Discuss the ethical issues when meetings, approvals, education and telemedicine go online, especially for vulnerable sections.
Demand-wise check
- 1Benefits: access, speed, transparency≈35 words
- 2Ethical issues: digital divide and exclusion, privacy and consent, quality and accountability in telemedicine, screen fatigue for children, accessibility for persons with disabilities, data security≈35 words
- 3Safeguards≈35 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Where marks usually go
- Not focusing on vulnerable sections
- No safeguards
Draw this
- Table: domain → ethical risk → safeguard
Value addition
- GuidelineTelemedicine Practice Guidelines (2020) set rules on consent and records.Ministry of Health / Board of Governors, MCI
- DataeSanjeevani has delivered over 30 crore teleconsultations.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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