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Author Wright, James, 1984- author

Title Robots won't save Japan : an ethnography of eldercare automation / James Wright
Published Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2023
©2023

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 182 pages) : illustrations
Series The culture and politics of health care work
Culture and politics of health care work
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
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 23, 2023)
Subject Older people -- Care -- Japan
Human-robot interaction.
Robotics -- Social aspects
Older people -- Care -- Government policy
HISTORY / Asia / Japan.
Human-robot interaction
Older people -- Care
Robotics -- Social aspects
Japan.
Asian history.
Social services & welfare, criminology.
Robotics.
Health and Wellbeing.
Japan
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022020592
ISBN 9781501768057
1501768050
9781501768064
1501768069