RT Article
T1 Touch and technology: Two paradigms of patient care
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 23
IS 1
SP 63
OP 69
A1 Gadow, Sally
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
YR 1984
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/166914514X
AB 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, is based upon the moral primacy of subjectivity. Empathic touch-as distinct from instrumental and philanthropic touch-establishes a clinical relation of intersubjectivity, affirming in patients the dignity and worth that morally distinguish persons from objects.
K1 Health Care
K1 Human Dignity
K1 Moral Status
K1 Patient Care
K1 Scientific Paradigm
DO 10.1007/BF00999900