Ethical and Legal Issues of Health Monitoring Wearable Devices: A Scoping Review

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Authors: Alessandro Silvani, Giorgio Bedogni, Ylenia Druda, Abdul Haleem Butt, Marco Domenicali, Francesco Palmese, Francesca Ingravallo, Emma Capulli
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Abstract

This scoping review is meant to give an overview of the ethical and legal issues related to health monitoring wearable devices (HMWDs) that are used on humans. These devices may be tools for more digital, personalized, and preventive medicine, but they also raise ethical and legal issues.

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Medical and Health Sciences Research Ethics in Clinical Research Ethics and bioethics in healthcare

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Journal / source
OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)
Publication date
8 January 2026
Document type
Preprint