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- The Cambridge Handbook of Information Technology, Life Sciences and Human Rights
- The Cambridge Handbook of Information Technology, Life Sciences and Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Life Sciences and Human Rights
- 1 M-Health at the Crossroads between the Right to Health and the Right to Privacy
- 2 Neurorights and the Chilean Initiative
- 3 Persuasive Technologies and the Right to Mental Liberty
- 4 The Ethics and Laws of Medical Big Data
- 5 The Right to Have a Child
- 6 Medical Robots and the Right to Health Care
- 7 Life-Maintaining Technology and the Right to Die
- 8 The Spread of Telemedicine in Daily Practice
- 9 Reproductive Technologies and Reproductive Rights
- Part II Information and Communication Technologies and Human Rights
- Part III Towards a Convergence
6 - Medical Robots and the Right to Health Care
A Progressive Realization
from Part I - Life Sciences and Human Rights
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 May 2022
- The Cambridge Handbook of Information Technology, Life Sciences and Human Rights
- The Cambridge Handbook of Information Technology, Life Sciences and Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Life Sciences and Human Rights
- 1 M-Health at the Crossroads between the Right to Health and the Right to Privacy
- 2 Neurorights and the Chilean Initiative
- 3 Persuasive Technologies and the Right to Mental Liberty
- 4 The Ethics and Laws of Medical Big Data
- 5 The Right to Have a Child
- 6 Medical Robots and the Right to Health Care
- 7 Life-Maintaining Technology and the Right to Die
- 8 The Spread of Telemedicine in Daily Practice
- 9 Reproductive Technologies and Reproductive Rights
- Part II Information and Communication Technologies and Human Rights
- Part III Towards a Convergence
Summary
Robotic technologies have shown to have clear potential for providing innovation in treatments and treatment modalities for various diseases and disorders that cover unmet needs and are cost-efficient. However, the emergence of technology that promises to improve health outcomes raises the question regarding the extent to which it should be incorporated, how, made available to whom, and on what basis. Since countries usually have limited resources to favour access to state-of-the-art technologies and develop strategies to realize the right to health progressively, in this article, we investigate whether the right to health, particularly the core obligations specified under this right, helps implement medical robots.
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