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

Wright, James

Robots won't save Japan : an ethnography of eldercare automation by James Wright. - New York : Cornell University Press, ©2023 - xi, 182 p. ; 25 cm. - The culture and politics of health care work .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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"--

9781501768040

2022020592


Older people--Care--Japan.
Human-robot interaction.
Robotics--Social aspects.
Older people--Care--Government policy.

HV1484.J32

362.60 / WRI-R
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