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Wykorzystanie robotów rehabilitacyjnych – szanse i zagrożenia w opiece zdrowotnej i społecznej
Aplication of rehabilitation robots - chances and threats within contemporary health care and social care

Author(s): Emilia Mikołajewska, Dariusz Mikołajewski
Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: SciPress Ltd.
Keywords: rehabilitation; physiotherapy; rehabilitation robot; social and ethical implications

Summary/Abstract: Progress in medical sciences, biomedical engineering and medical robotics provided rehabilitation robots – novel solution regarded as more effective than traditional forms of rehabilitation. Use of rehabilitation robots, despite they are at the beginning of their development, is wide discussed from medical, social, economical and ethical points of view. Paper aims at analysis the extent to which current possibilities in this area are exploited, including chances and threats.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 81-87
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish