Touch and technology: Two paradigms of patient care

Technology violates human dignity only to the extent that its use reduces persons to the moral status of objects. The prevalence of technology in health care is an extension of the scientific paradigm, in which the body is reduced to an object void of subjectivity. The empathie paradigm, in contrast...

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Published in:Journal of religion and health
Main Author: Gadow, Sally (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [1984]
In: Journal of religion and health
Further subjects:B Human Dignity
B Patient Care
B Health Care
B Moral Status
B Scientific Paradigm
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)