Disability, Technology, and Place

Social and Ethical Implications of Long-Term Dependency on Medical Devices

Bibliographic Data

ID12596243
AuthorsBarbara E Gibson (0000-0003-0429-8679, University of Toronto, corresponding author), Ross Upshur (0000-0003-1128-0557, University of Toronto), R E G Upshur (University of Toronto), Nancy L Young (0000-0002-1739-3299, Laurentian University), P McKeever (d Bloorview Research Institute , Canada)
Year2007
Volume10
Issue1
Pages7-28
Publication date2007-02-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthics Place & Environment (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1366-879X • E-ISSN: 1469-6703
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13668790601150685
OpenAlexW2089365883
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited52

Medical technologies and assistive devices such as ventilators and power wheelchairs are designed to sustain life and/or improve functionality but they can also contribute to stigmatization and social exclusion. In this paper, drawing from a study of ten men with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, we explore the complex social processes that mediate the lives of persons who are dependent on multiple medical and assistive technologies. In doing so we consider the embodied and emplaced nature of disability and how life is lived through bodies coupled with technologies and experienced as ‘techno-body-subjects in situ’. Normative implications for theory and research, including bioethics research, are discussed

Adaptation (eye · Bioethics · Dependency (UML · Embodied cognition · Engineering ethics · Normative · Political science · Power (physics · Psychiatry · Social model of disability · Sociology · Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility · Computer Science · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Disability Rights and Representation · Engineering · Psychology

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