title: Technology and family-centered perinatal care: conflict or synergy?
abstract: Advances in technology have dramatically changed health care delivery and the experience of patients and families during the past 2 decades. Accompanying the explosion of new technology, particularly in perinatal and pediatric settings, has been movement toward humanizing the health care environment through an emphasis on family-centered care. The impact technology has had on patients, families, and caregivers is reviewed, and the evolution of family-centered care in relation to technological progress is chronicled. Recommendations are provided for ways in which technology and family-centered care can work together to improve perinatal health care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gordin
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science; D009773:Obstetric Nursing; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*