Guided by Tronto’s (1993) ethic of care framework and Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), this qualitative study focuses on the ways in which health innovation designers reason around care and responsibility and translate these notions into their work. The exploratory findings provide a novel empirical basis for scholars to conceptualize health innovation designers as ‘care-makers’ and to integrate designers within the care relationship alongside caregivers and care-receivers.
Rivard, L., Lehoux, P., Hagemeister, N. (2021). Articulating care and responsibility in design: A study on the reasoning processes guiding health innovators’ ‘care-making’ practices, Design Studies.