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Ethical perceptions towards real-world use of companion robots with older people and people with dementia: survey opinions among younger adults

BACKGROUND: Use of companion robots may reduce older people’s depression, loneliness and agitation. This benefit has to be contrasted against possible ethical concerns raised by philosophers in the field around issues such as deceit, infantilisation, reduced human contact and accountability. Researc...

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Autores principales: Bradwell, Hannah L., Winnington, Rhona, Thill, Serge, Jones, Ray B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7359562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32664904
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01641-5