How could robots help us at the end of life? Check out this open access article I published with some great co-authors.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269216319857628
What is already known about the topic?
- Medical robots have mainly been used to support surgical procedures and for a variety of assistive uses in dementia and elderly care.
- There has been limited debate about the potential opportunities and risks of robotics in other areas of palliative, supportive and end-of-life care.
What this paper adds?
- The potential opportunities of robotics in palliative, supportive and end-of-life care include a number of assistive, therapeutic, social and educational uses.
- There is concern that robots will exacerbate healthcare inequalities, disrupt the workforce and reduce face-to-face human interaction.
Implications for practice, theory or policy
- Future work should evaluate the health-related, economic, societal and ethical implications of using robotic technology in palliative, supportive and end-of-life care.
- There is a need for collaborative research to establish use-cases and policy recommendations to guide the appropriate use of robots for people with serious illness.
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