Cunha Isis Laynne de Oliveira Machado
Doctora en Bioética. Posdoctoranda, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brasil.
Salud Colect. 2023 Oct 3;19:e4488. doi: 10.18294/sc.2023.4488.
Dementia is currently one of the most common diseases affecting elderly people, ranking seventh among leading causes of death. As it causes memory loss, difficulties in reasoning, and resulting difficulties in making and executing decisions, assistive technologies and cognitive stimulation are valuable resources in the care process. Based on a theoretical inquiry into the bioethics of health care, and drawing on the work of Aline Albuquerque and Victor Montori, this article focuses on three main issues: first, the concept of bioethics in health care, patient-centered care, and the idea of clinical empathy. Second, it looks at the use of assistive technologies in caring for elderly patients with dementia. Lastly, we offer a discussion of whether the care process could be considered a health technology.
痴呆症是目前影响老年人的最常见疾病之一，在主要死因中排名第七。由于它会导致记忆力丧失、推理困难以及由此产生的决策和执行决策困难，辅助技术和认知刺激是护理过程中的宝贵资源。基于对医疗保健生物伦理学的理论探究，并借鉴阿琳·阿尔布开克和维克托·蒙托里的研究成果，本文聚焦于三个主要问题：第一，医疗保健中的生物伦理学概念、以患者为中心的护理以及临床同理心的理念。第二，探讨辅助技术在照顾老年痴呆症患者中的应用。最后，我们讨论护理过程是否可被视为一种健康技术。
