Sociology of Health & Illness, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 47(4)

Published: April 5, 2025

ABSTRACT We propose a sociological approach to healthcare robots that emphasises the heterogeneous ethics of mutual labour and complex definitions care emerge through robot design/deployment. This argument is product narrative literature review examined assistive deployed in settings. found although deployment has redefined concept care, as featured geography, legal studies, philosophy, it rarely appears inquiry. There are three fields this sociology health illness complements. These (1) phenomenology new approaches touch recognition embodied relations with robots, (2) biopolitics, where governance life conceptualised conjunction between biological artificial (3) reconfiguration around mutuality, both maintain maintained by human. end suggesting increased implementation robotics into work provides broader opportunity for addressing how boundaries ‘human’ can be rethought alongside technologies.

Language: Английский