Robotic technology for palliative and supportive care: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats - a podcast by SAGE Publications Ltd.
from 2019-07-26T14:21
This episode features Dr Amara Nwosu (Palliative Care Institute Liverpool and Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool, Liverpool, UK). 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. 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. 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.
Full paper available from: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269216319857628
If you would like to record a podcast about your published (or accepted) Palliative Medicine paper, please contact Dr Amara Nwosu: anwosu@liverpool.ac.uk
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