Ethical Challenges with Welfare Technology: A Review of the Literature

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 389-406

  Hofmann, Bjørn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Care; Communication; Compensation; Robots; Welfare technology

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL WELFARE; TECHNOLOGY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; SOCIAL WELFARE; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84878308414     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-011-9348-1     Document Type: Review

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