title: Readiness for living technology: a comparative study of the uptake of robot technology in the Danish health-care sector.
abstract: This article is a comparative analysis between workers in health care with high and low degree of readiness for living technology such as robotics. To explore the differences among workers' readiness, statistical analysis was conducted in a data set obtained from 200 respondents. The results showed important differences between high- and low-readiness types on issues such as staff security, documentation, autonomy, and future challenges.
authors.affiliation: Aarhus University.
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Peronard
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D003718:Denmark; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods*