In contrast, in other general theories of ethics such as consequentialism, the action of medical robot endangering older adult's well-being declines to be accepted; therefore, assistive agent is required to provide another solution to relive older adult's discomfort.
The ethical issues of assistive medical agents are listed in sections in below.
The assistive medical agent carries out a task in accordance with program(s) which is written by a range of codes through robot developers.
Heerink et al 10 developed and validated a new theoretical model of assistive social agent acceptance, adapted from the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology model.
The categories included non-operative rehabilitation trials, post-operative rehabilitation trials, and trials examining the effectiveness of devices (e.g., assistive devices, bracing, physical agents, electrical stimulation, etc).
37 38 Management of TMO involves various modalities including pharmacological therapy, 23 39 40 corticosteroid/hyaluronic acid injections, 23 25 40 hand exercises, 40 42 orthoses, 25394042432 43 joint protection education, 39 assistive devices, 39 42 physical agent modality 39404343 and surgery.
In this case, the concept of consequentialism ethics theory can be applied in assistive walking devices and autonomous agent framework.
The amino propyl functional monomer layer directs the selective occurrence of imprinting polymerization at the silica surface through copolymerization of grafting agents with functional monomers, but also acts as an assistive monomer to drive the template into the formed polymer shells to create effective recognition sites.
The multi-disciplinary scope of the project, spanning robotics, psychology, assistive technology and autism therapy, harnesses technology to assist communication.
If a senior citizen requests a painkiller from his/her assistive medical robot, in spite of being allergic to the painkiller, the medical agent is required to follow rules and to provide the medication to older adult.
