Évolution numérique et relation de soins : une révolution ?
Digitisation and care relationships. Revolutionary times?
Résumé
2019 Éthique Relation soignant-soigné urgences hospitalières
Summary
Digitisation has encouraged patient autonomy, improved performance and modified care relationships by addressing collective and individual issues (independence, confidentiality, responsibility). This article uses an ethical approach to explore the problems surrounding the links between digital health and care relationships. Digitisation has highlighted three essential parts of the care relationship. Hospitality: virtual networks promote a collective practice of care whilst maintaining the connection with the patient in his private environment. The independent care model is reinforced but the risk of dehumanisation does remain, with possible infringements of individual rights and a degree of ‘disciplinary standardisation’. Privacy: relational distances and relationships regarding intimacy are modified. A confrontation arises between listening, dialogue and the unsaid. Partners: healthcare providers have repositioned themselves on the statutory scale, ranging from « expert » to unpresuming. However, the expertise of both carer and patient need to converge to achieve mutual trust. In all, understanding humanity in the digital space requires three skills: listening, transgression and nomadism. This anthropocentric approach invites readers to consider potential ethics for artificial intelligence.
Digital health Ethics Healthcare provider/patient relationship Hospital casualty care Hospitality Privacy