Thinking beyond the Cure: A Case for Human-Centered Design in Cancer Care
Tara Mullaney
Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Tara Mullaney is a PhD candidate in Industrial Design at the Umeå Institute of Design, Umeå University, Sweden. Mullaney’s research is situated at the intersection of Design, Science & Technology Studies (STS), and Nursing, where she investigates healthcare experiences, with a focus on patient-technology interactions and how design can be implemented within care environments to improve patient wellbeing and quality of life during illness.
Helena Pettersson
Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Sweden
Helena Pettersson, PhD, is a researcher at the Department of Culture & Media Studies, Umeå University. Pettersson’s research is situated in the intersection of Ethnology, Science & Technology Studies (STS) and Gender Studies. Through ethnography, Pettersson has studied cultural and social aspects of technology and science in ICT, physics and the life sciences.
Tufve Nyholm
Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; Norrlands University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
Sweden
Tufve Nyholm, PhD, is a researcher and physicist at the Department of Radiation Sciences, Umeå University and Norrlands University Hospital in Umeå, Sweden. Nyholm’s research spans over a wide variety of different aspects of cancer treatment and follow up of treatment response, with main focus on applications of MRI in radiotherapy.
Erik Stolterman
Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
United States
Erik Stolterman is Professor and Department Chair at the School of Informatics, Indiana University. Stolterman’s research focuses on interaction design, the philosophy of design, information technology and society, information systems design, and the philosophy of technology. Stolterman has published his research in articles and in five books, including Thoughtful Interaction Design (MIT Press, 2004), The Design Way (ITP, 2003) and Methods-in-Action (McGraw-Hill, 2002).