Ethical concerns around use of artificial intelligence in health care research from the perspective of patients with meningioma, caregivers and health care providers: a qualitative study.

Journal: CMAJ open
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: As artificial intelligence (AI) approaches in research increase and AI becomes more integrated into medicine, there is a need to understand perspectives from members of the Canadian public and medical community. The aim of this project was to investigate current perspectives on ethical issues surrounding AI in health care.

Authors

  • Melissa D McCradden
    Division of Neurosurgery (McCradden, Baba, Saha, Boparai, Fadaiefard, Cusimano), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Cusimano), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. injuryprevention@smh.ca.
  • Ami Baba
    Division of Neurosurgery (McCradden, Baba, Saha, Boparai, Fadaiefard, Cusimano), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Cusimano), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
  • Ashirbani Saha
    Department of Radiology, Duke University School of Medicine, 2424 Erwin Road, Suite 302, Durham, NC, 27705, USA. ashirbani.saha@duke.edu.
  • Sidra Ahmad
    Division of Neurosurgery (McCradden, Baba, Saha, Boparai, Fadaiefard, Cusimano), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Cusimano), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
  • Kanwar Boparai
    Division of Neurosurgery (McCradden, Baba, Saha, Boparai, Fadaiefard, Cusimano), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Cusimano), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
  • Pantea Fadaiefard
    Division of Neurosurgery (McCradden, Baba, Saha, Boparai, Fadaiefard, Cusimano), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Cusimano), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
  • Michael D Cusimano
    Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurosurgery, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Neuroscience Research Program, Keenan Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: injuryprevention@smh.ca.