Luna Dolezal, PhD
Professor of Philosophy and Medical Humanities
University of Exeter

Abstract: In this talk, Dr. Dolezal will consider a particular case of telemedicine involving a clinician-operated telepresence robot with haptic capabilities (i.e., it can sense physical touch), developed by an Edinburgh-based robotics company, Touchlab. The robot is currently being tested in Laakso Hospital, Helsinki, to deliver face-to-face care to older adults. Dr. Dolezal will discuss the phenomenology of the remote body for the clinician operating the robot, and will explore the delivery of care at a distance and mediated via a technological avatar. She will also consider questions of intercorporeality and affect for the patient receiving care.

SHRS Bioethics and Health Humanities Series, co-sponsored by the Center for Bioethics & Health Law

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