Symbiosis of Technology and Ethics: Preliminary Results of an Inquiry into the Moral Dimensions in the Use of Robotic Systems in Patient Care.

Journal: Studies in health technology and informatics
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Abstract

The present study aims to describe ethical and social requirements for technical and robotic systems for caregiving from the perspective of users. Users are interviewed in the ReduSys project during the development phase (prospective viewpoint) and after technology testing in the clinical setting (retrospective viewpoint). The preliminary results presented here refer to the prospective viewpoint.

Authors

  • Carolin Mirbeth
    Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany.
  • Christoph Ohneberg
    Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany.
  • Inge Eberl
    Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany.