Robots humanize care: Moral concerns versus witnessed benefits for the elderly

HEALTHINF 2015 - 8th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 8th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 648-653

  Van Kemenade, Margo A M ^a   Konijn, Elly A ^a   Hoorn, Johan F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affective bonding; Ageing; Healthcare robots; Moral concerns; Professional caregivers

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BUDGET CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ROBOTS;

AGEING; EMOTIONAL RESPONSE; EXTREME PRESSURE; INTER-PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS; MORAL CONCERNS; PROFESSIONAL CAREGIVERS; QUALITATIVE STUDY; ROBOT TECHNOLOGY;

MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

EID: 84938833820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5220/0005287706480653     Document Type: Conference Paper

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