“Silver robots” and “robotic nurses”? Japanese robot culture and elderly care

Demographic Change in Japan and the EU: Comparative Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 131-154

  Wagner, Cosima ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84878034220     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1515/9783110720044-006     Document Type: Chapter

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