Christina Koulouglioti – författare

Transcultural Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in Health and Social Care provides healthcare professionals with a deeper understanding of the incredible opportunities brought by the emerging field of AI robotics. In addition, it provides robotic researchers with the point-of-view of healthcare professionals to understand what the healthcare sector - as well as the market - really needs from robotics technology. By doing so, the book fills an important gap between both fields in order to leverage new developments and collaborative work in favor of global patients.

The book is aimed at the non-technical reader, especially health and social care professionals, and explains in a simple way the technological principles applied in the development of socially assistive humanoid AI robots (SAHR), the values which guide such developments, the ethics related to them, and research approaches in the field, with a focus on achieving a culturally competent SAHR.

2023 PROSE Awards - Winner: Category: Nursing and Allied Health: Association of American Publishers Presents user-friendly and stage-by-stage information to help readers appreciate how AI robots work and how they can be integrated in their work environments Explains why AI and socially assistive robotics need to be culturally competent Helps reduce readers' fears and change negative prejudices they may have about robots as a relevant tool for healthcare Written by experts in AI robotics and the creators of transcultural health/social robotics Informed by the largest trial conducted with real patients

Transcultural Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in Health and Social Care provides healthcare professionals with a deeper understanding of the incredible opportunities brought by the emerging field of AI robotics. In addition, it provides robotic researchers with the point-of-view of healthcare professionals to understand what the healthcare sector – as well as the market – really needs from robotics technology. By doing so, the book fills an important gap between both fields in order to leverage new developments and collaborative work in favor of global patients.The book is aimed at the non-technical reader, especially health and social care professionals, and explains in a simple way the technological principles applied in the development of socially assistive humanoid AI robots (SAHR), the values which guide such developments, the ethics related to them, and research approaches in the field, with a focus on achieving a culturally competent SAHR.- 2023 PROSE Awards - Winner: Category: Nursing and Allied Health: Association of American Publishers- Presents user-friendly and stage-by-stage information to help readers appreciate how AI robots work and how they can be integrated in their work environments- Explains why AI and socially assistive robotics need to be culturally competent- Helps reduce readers'' fears and change negative prejudices they may have about robots as a relevant tool for healthcare- Written by experts in AI robotics and the creators of transcultural health/social robotics- Informed by the largest trial conducted with real patients

This innovative book draws together a wide range of multidisciplinary research to illuminate how the helping professions can provide person-centred spiritual care to their patients in a health emergency, making use of new digital technologies alongside more established modes of care.Drawing on primary research undertaken during the COVID-19 pandemic, and including vignettes from practitioners around the world, this book explores: the need for culturally competent spiritual caredifferent perspectives on spirituality from philosophy and religion, including posthumanist theoriesthe necessity for culturally competent and compassionate spiritual care in health settings, during health disasters and emergencies, including the COVID-19 pandemicthe development of a strategy for delivering culturally competent spiritual care in circumstances of major health disasters and the training of staffethics and moral injury, and equality diversity and inclusion in the provision of spiritual careopinions and lived experiences from health, social, and pastoral care professionals about spiritual care in health settingsthe use of new digital and artificially intelligent technologies to provide spiritual care during the COVID-19 pandemic and their potential use in upcoming health disastersCulturally Competent Spiritual Care during Health Disasters and Emergencies is an important contribution to the literatures on spiritual care, disaster healthcare, culturally competent healthcare, and technology in healthcare. It is ideal for researchers and practitioners within health and social care, and pastoral care.

This innovative book draws together a wide range of multidisciplinary research to illuminate how the helping professions can provide person-centred spiritual care to their patients in a health emergency, making use of new digital technologies alongside more established modes of care.Drawing on primary research undertaken during the COVID-19 pandemic, and including vignettes from practitioners around the world, this book explores: the need for culturally competent spiritual care different perspectives on spirituality from philosophy and religion, including posthumanist theories the necessity for culturally competent and compassionate spiritual care in health settings, during health disasters and emergencies, including the COVID-19 pandemic the development of a strategy for delivering culturally competent spiritual care in circumstances of major health disasters and the training of staff ethics and moral injury, and equality diversity and inclusion in the provision of spiritual care opinions and lived experiences from health, social, and pastoral care professionals about spiritual care in health settings the use of new digital and artificially intelligent technologies to provide spiritual care during the COVID-19 pandemic and their potential use in upcoming health disasters Culturally Competent Spiritual Care during Health Disasters and Emergencies is an important contribution to the literatures on spiritual care, disaster healthcare, culturally competent healthcare, and technology in healthcare. It is ideal for researchers and practitioners within health and social care, and pastoral care.