Robotic technology for palliative and supportive care: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
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This episode features Dr Amara Nwosu (Palliative Care Institute Liverpool and Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool, Liverpool, UK). \\xa0Medical robots have mainly been used to support\\xa0surgical procedures and for a variety of assistive uses in dementia and elderly care.\\xa0There has been limited debate about the potential opportunities and risks of\\xa0robotics in other areas of palliative, supportive and end-of-life care.\\xa0The potential opportunities of robotics in palliative, supportive and end-of-life care include a\\xa0number of assistive, therapeutic, social and educational uses.\\xa0There is concern that robots will exacerbate healthcare inequalities, disrupt the workforce and reduce\\xa0face-to-face human interaction.\\xa0Future work should evaluate the health-related, economic, societal and ethical implications of using robotic technology in palliative,\\xa0supportive and end-of-life care.\\xa0There is a need for collaborative research to establish use-cases and policy recommendations to guide the appropriate use of robots\\xa0for people with serious illness.
Full paper available from:\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269216319857628
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If you would like to record a podcast about your published (or accepted) Palliative Medicine paper, please contact Dr Amara Nwosu:\\xa0anwosu@liverpool.ac.uk