Technology solutionism in paediatric intensive care: clinicians' perspectives of bioethical considerations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of long-term life-sustaining technology for children improves survival rates in paediatric intensive care units (PICUs), but it may also increase long-term morbidity. One example of this is children who are dependent on invasive long-term ventilation. Clinicians caring for these children navigate an increasing array of ethical complexities. This study looks at the meaning clinicians give to the bioethical considerations associated with the availability of increasingly sophisticated technology.

Methods

A hermeneutic phenomenological exploration of the experiences of clinicians in deciding whether to initiate invasive long-term ventilation in children took place, via unstructured interviews. Data were analysed to gain insight into the lived experiences of cl

SUBMITTER: Alexander D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10386660 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature