The use of care robots in aged care: A systematic review of argument-based ethics literature.

Journal: Archives of gerontology and geriatrics
PMID: 28926749

Abstract

BACKGROUND: As care robots become more commonplace in aged-care settings, the ethical debate on their use becomes increasingly important. Our objective was to examine the ethical arguments and underlying concepts used in the ethical debate on care robot use in aged care.

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  • Tijs Vandemeulebroucke
    a Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law , KU Leuven - University of Leuven , Leuven , Belgium.
  • Bernadette Dierckx de CasterlĂ©
    KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Academic Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Kapucijnenvoer 35/d Box 7001, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: bernadette.dierckxdecasterle@kuleuven.be.
  • Chris Gastmans
    a Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law , KU Leuven - University of Leuven , Leuven , Belgium.

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