title: [Philosophical perspectives about the use of technology in critical care nursing].
abstract: The context of health assistance has been influenced by changes which are produced in the dimension of technology. They have triggered a lot of inquietude and questioning regarding benefits, risks, and relations constructed among workers and sick, and the use of machines as indispensable tools for care. This paper aims at reflecting on the use of technology in nursing care given to the critical sick in the intensive care unit. It is expected that this reflection can minimize doubts which permeate technological environments, such as the intensive care unit, and the conceptions of nursing care since it involves the use of machines and equipment which provide advanced life support in this field of health assistance.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem, Fundação Universidade do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS. kmila.enf@ig.com.br
authors.forename: Camila Rose G Barcelos
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Schwonke
authors.forename: Wilson Danilo
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Lunardi Filho
authors.forename: Valéria Lerch
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Lunardi
authors.forename: Silvana Sidney Costa
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Edison Luiz Devos
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Barlem
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D009732:Nursing Care; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing