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Technology that allows real time tracking is being pushed by authorities to cut the costs of finding patients who have got lost. Rupert McShane (doi:10.1136/bmj.f3603) says GPS tracking reduces risk of harm for some patients who wander and that ethical risks are slight, but Desmond O’Neill thinks that care must be patient centred rather than looking for quick fixes to suit carers
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