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Professional Values: The Use of Technology and the New Generation of Clinicians

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For care professionals, the main drive and, related to that, their job satisfaction, is based on being able to satisfy the needs of those who receive their care. Furthermore, most professionals working in contexts in which chronic care is provided, value inter-collegial respect and appreciation of supervisors. Therefore, success and failure factors of implementation of technology in health-care situations are associated with the disruption or support of these values. Mostly, health-care professionals do not themselves think about technological solutions for clinical problems, and therefore, they need support in relating technological solutions to care recipients’ needs. In this chapter, a short overview of professional values is given. Next, we outline how technology can be seen as disrupting professional values but also how it can be supportive of professional values, sometimes unexpected, as practice examples show. The chapter is concluded by consequences for daily practice and education in health-care professions.

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  1. Institute of Allied Health Professions, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, 5631 BN, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Eveline J. M. Wouters & Marianne E. Nieboer

  2. Royal Kentalis, Nijmegen, Sint-Michielsgestel, 5270 BA, The Netherlands

    Thea C. M. Weijers

  3. Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Thea C. M. Weijers

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  1. Fontys EGT – Centre for Healthcare and Technology, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Joost van Hoof

  2. School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

    George Demiris

  3. Institute of allied health professions, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Eveline J.M. Wouters

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Wouters, E.J.M., Weijers, T.C.M., Nieboer, M.E. (2017). Professional Values: The Use of Technology and the New Generation of Clinicians. In: van Hoof, J., Demiris, G., Wouters, E. (eds) Handbook of Smart Homes, Health Care and Well-Being. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01583-5_51

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