Robots won't save Japan : an ethnography of eldercare automation /

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"The book is an anthropological examination of the Japanese government's ongoing attempts to develop and implement robots as a solution to its crisis in elder care"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wright, James, 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2023.
Series:Culture and politics of health care work.
Subjects:
Older people > Care > Japan.
Human-robot interaction.
Robotics > Social aspects.
Older people > Care > Government policy.
Personnes âgées > Soins > Japon.
Interaction homme-robot.
Robotique > Aspect social.
Personnes âgées > Soins > Politique gouvernementale.
HISTORY / Asia / Japan.
Human-robot interaction
Older people > Care
Robotics > Social aspects
Japan.
Asian history.
Social services & welfare, criminology.
Robotics.
Health and Wellbeing.
Japan
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Crisis and Care Robots
  • Developing Robots and Designing Algorithmic Care
  • Portrait of a Care Home
  • Hug: Reconfiguring Lifting
  • Paro: Reconfiguring Communication
  • Pepper: Reconfiguring Recreation
  • Beyond Care Robots.

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