Interactive technology assessment of paediatric cochlear implantation

摘要: Interactive technology assessment is a novel approach to evaluating (health) technology, which philosophically draws from the works of Rawls and Habermas. That is, it seeks organise practical setting for discursive ethics in order find legitimate basis policy be pursued when under scrutiny features moral controversy. involves cycle interviews with all stakeholders, who are explicitly asked respond (anonymously) concerns issues raised by other participants. This completed repeatedly, so that process vicarious learning develops. aims at identifying agreed disagreed upon, on widely endorsed recommendations can formulated. chapter an interactive paediatric cochlear implantation. The rationale, design, results explained, as well main ethical aspects procedure.