Sammendrag
Introduction The world’s population is ageing. As older
persons live longer and increase in number, society
faces a greater disease burden and, in public welfare, a
corresponding resource deficit. New technology is one
solution to this deficit but there is scarce knowledge
about ethical aspects of such innovations in care
practices. In CARING FUTURES, we address this scarcity
by interrogating how new technology in care can become
ethically sound and, correspondingly, how ethics of care
can become more technology aware. Our concern is to
protect quality care for the future.
Methods and analysis CARING FUTURES advances
transdisciplinarity through knowledge exchange around
technology-mediated care and ethics of care, involving
key stakeholders. We rely on established and innovative
methods to generate experience-near and practice-near
knowledge. Through this empirical research, we seek to
expand understanding of technology-mediated care and to
enrich ethics of care theory.
Ethics and dissemination Empirical studies have been
approved or await approval by national ethics committees.
CARING FUTURES is designed to create societal impact
through Knowledge Transfer Events targeting stakeholders
in health, care and welfare, and Educational Packages
for students of care—providing knowledge-exchange
forums for future academics and practitioners of care.
The project’s societal impact is also ensured in that
participating researchers are also practitioners and/or
educators of care personnel for the future. Project findings
will be disseminated through scientific publications and
conference presentations. Through communication in
both traditional and digital media platforms, we engage
in dialogues between researchers, user groups, policy
makers and the wider public.
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