@inproceedings{f47d34149db64353a556293c1e1e8efe,
title = "Ethical dimensions of human-robot interactions in the care of older people: Insights from 21 focus groups convened in the UK, France and the Netherlands",
abstract = "We briefly report the method and four findings of a large-scale qualitative study of potential users{\textquoteright} views on the ethical values that should govern the design and programming of social robots for older people. 21 focus groups were convened in the UK, France and the Netherlands. We present and briefly discuss our data on: 1) the contrasting attitudes of older people and formal and informal carers about how well technology might be received by older users; 2) views about healthcare professionals, informal and formal carers having access to private information about householders that has been collected by the robot; 3) the belief that robots could not, as well as should not, replace human contact because persuasion is regarded a uniquely human skill; and 4) differing perceptions of the role of the robot and how this was used to justify ethical opinions on robot behavior.",
keywords = "Assistive technology, Autonomy, Care-robots, Elderly people, Ethics, Older people, Paternalism, Privacy, Qualitative data, Social robots, User engagement, User views",
author = "Heather Draper and Tom Sorell and Sandra Bedaf and D.S. Syrdal and Carolina Gutierrez-Ruiz and Alexandre Duclos and Farshid Amirabdollahian",
year = "2014",
month = sep,
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319119724",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Nature Link",
pages = "135--145",
editor = "Michael Beetz and Benjamin Johnston and Mary-Anne Williams",
booktitle = "Social Robotics",
address = "Netherlands",
note = "6th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2014 ; Conference date: 27-10-2014 Through 29-10-2014",
}