Surveillance technologies (ST) such as video surveillance, GPS tags and movement sensors are increasingly being used in residential care for vulnerable people, even though they raise various concerns. What does morally good care with ST entail? This thesis tries to answer this question
by exploring actual practices of ST using several empirical methods, instead of departing from specific
theories of good care.

This thesis consequently shows that both the ideology and actual use of ST by caregivers and clients are highly ambivalent, showing the need for sound normative evaluation at a much earlier (design) stage.

Alistair Niemeijer (1980) studied philosophy at VU University in Amsterdam and applied ethics at
Utrecht University. he conducted his PhD research at the VU University medical center and currently works as a lecturer at the University of Humanistic Studies in Utrecht.

VU University Press
ISBN 978 90 8659 696 6