CARING FUTURES: a study protocol for transdisciplinary qualitative research on technology-mediated care practices and theory development for ethics of care.

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Ramvi E; Department of Caring and Ethics, The Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway ellen.ramvi@uis.no.
Gripsrud BH; Department of Caring and Ethics, The Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.
Hellstrand I; Centre for Gender Studies, Universitetet i Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.
Gjerstad B; Department of Social Studies, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.
Vagli ÅE; Department for Media and Social Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.

BMJ open [BMJ Open] 2021 Sep 13; Vol. 11 (9), pp. e054458. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 13.

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Introduction: The world's population is ageing. As older persons live longer and increase in number, society faces a greater disease burden and, in public welfare, a corresponding resource deficit. New technology is one solution to this deficit but there is scarce knowledge about ethical aspects of such innovations in care practices. In CARING FUTURES, we address this scarcity by interrogating how new technology in care can become ethically sound and, correspondingly, how ethics of care can become more technology aware. Our concern is to protect quality care for the future.
Methods and Analysis: CARING FUTURES advances transdisciplinarity through knowledge exchange around technology-mediated care and ethics of care, involving key stakeholders. We rely on established and innovative methods to generate experience-near and practice-near knowledge. Through this empirical research, we seek to expand understanding of technology-mediated care and to enrich ethics of care theory.
Ethics and Dissemination: Empirical studies have been approved or await approval by national ethics committees. CARING FUTURES is designed to create societal impact through Knowledge Transfer Events targeting stakeholders in health, care and welfare, and Educational Packages for students of care-providing knowledge-exchange forums for future academics and practitioners of care. The project's societal impact is also ensured in that participating researchers are also practitioners and/or educators of care personnel for the future. Project findings will be disseminated through scientific publications and conference presentations. Through communication in both traditional and digital media platforms, we engage in dialogues between researchers, user groups, policy makers and the wider public.
Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared.
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