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Erschienen in: Intensive Care Medicine 8/2020

27.05.2020 | Editorial

Focus on better care and ethics: Are medical ethics lagging behind the development of new medical technologies?

verfasst von: Sharon Einav, Otavio T. Ranzani

Erschienen in: Intensive Care Medicine | Ausgabe 8/2020

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Technologies fall into two broad categories: evolutionary and revolutionary [1]. Evolutionary technologies develop slowly and are more common. Revolutionary technologies occur sporadically and have the potential to alter medical care entirely. Mechanical ventilation, extracorporeal life support and liver and renal replacement therapy were revolutionary when they were first introduced. These technologies have rapidly pervaded the practice of intensive care and are currently considered mainstream intensive care treatments. However, the fact that these technologies have become mostly evolutionary in the last decades does not mean we have addressed the ethical dilemmas created by their use. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Focus on better care and ethics: Are medical ethics lagging behind the development of new medical technologies?
verfasst von
Sharon Einav
Otavio T. Ranzani
Publikationsdatum
27.05.2020
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Intensive Care Medicine / Ausgabe 8/2020
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-06112-4

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