Jul 26, 2019
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