On the value-ladenness of technology in medicine |
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Authors: | Hofmann Bjørn |
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Institution: | (1) Center for Medical Ethics, University of Oslo, Box 1130, Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway |
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Abstract: | The objective of this article is to analyse the value-ladenness of technology in the context of medicine. To address this
issue several characteristics of technology are investigated: i) its interventive capacity, ii) its expansiveness and iii)
its influence on the concept of disease, iv) its generalising character, v) its independence of the subjective experience
of the patient. By this analysis I hope to unveil the double face of technology: Technology has a Janus-face in modern medicine,
and the opposite of its factual face is evaluative.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | ethics technology value-ladenness values |
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