Abstract

In aged societies, the rise of chronic diseases and the health care costs from the aging population are becoming social and economic problems. The emergence of these problems in health care provides an opportunity to shift from a disease paradigm to a preventive paradigm. A preventive paradigm is realized in the form of patient-centered care, and ICT is recommended in health care services as an appropriate alternative. This article analyzes the ethical problems that could arise in ICT healthcare for the elderly in aged societies by applying the ethics of e-Medicine. The ethics of e-Medicine consists of the principle of the doctor-patient relationship, the principle of responsibility, and the principle of autonomy.