Can medical algorithms be fair? Three ethical quandaries and one dilemma.

Journal: BMJ health & care informatics
Published Date: Apr 1, 2022

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate what it takes to reconcile the idea of fairness in medical algorithms and machine learning (ML) with the broader discourse of fairness and health equality in health research.

Authors

  • Kristine Bærøe
    Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, PO Box 7804, N-5020 Bergen, Norway.
  • Torbjørn Gundersen
    Centre for the Study of Professions, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Akershus, Norway.
  • Edmund Henden
    Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
  • Kjetil Rommetveit
    Center for the Study of the Sciences and Humanities, University of Bergen, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway.

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