Sage Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care

This episode features Dr Amara Nwosu (Palliative Care Institute Liverpool and Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool, Liverpool, UK).  Medical robots have mainly been used to support surgical procedures and for a variety of assistive uses in dementia and elderly care. There has been limited debate about the potential opportunities and risks of robotics in other areas of palliative, supportive and end-of-life care. The potential opportunities of robotics in palliative, supportive and end-of-life care include a number of assistive, therapeutic, social and educational uses. There is concern that robots will exacerbate healthcare inequalities, disrupt the workforce and reduce face-to-face human interaction. Future work should evaluate the health-related, economic, societal and ethical implications of using robotic technology in palliative, supportive and end-of-life care. There is a need for collaborative research to establish use-cases and policy recommendations to guide the appropriate use of robots for people with seri