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Ethical Considerations in Prosthetics and Orthotics

Ethical Considerations in Prosthetics and Orthotics

Jesmond Attard
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781799878889|ISBN10: 1799878880|EISBN13: 9781799878896
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7888-9.ch007
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Attard, Jesmond. "Ethical Considerations in Prosthetics and Orthotics." Ethical Implications of Reshaping Healthcare With Emerging Technologies, edited by Thomas Heinrich Musiolik and Alexiei Dingli, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 131-153. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7888-9.ch007

APA

Attard, J. (2022). Ethical Considerations in Prosthetics and Orthotics. In T. Musiolik & A. Dingli (Eds.), Ethical Implications of Reshaping Healthcare With Emerging Technologies (pp. 131-153). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7888-9.ch007

Chicago

Attard, Jesmond. "Ethical Considerations in Prosthetics and Orthotics." In Ethical Implications of Reshaping Healthcare With Emerging Technologies, edited by Thomas Heinrich Musiolik and Alexiei Dingli, 131-153. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7888-9.ch007

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Abstract

This chapter introduces the field of advanced technology within the orthotics and prosthetics profession, a healthcare profession that combines technology and engineering science with medical and health science to produce medical devices (orthoses and prostheses) to treat medical conditions that cause physical dysfunction. The chapter sets the background to the ethical dilemmas that are encountered within the field, which technologically advanced devices cause such dilemmas and why, and then discusses the ethical dilemmas as encountered by the three stakeholders within the profession, namely the manufacturers/innovators, the prosthetic and orthotic practitioners, and the users of the devices themselves, the patients. In conclusion, the chapter looks at some solutions and recommendations to overcome or at least reduce these dilemmas.

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