BACKGROUND: Ethical decision-making in child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP) is inherently complex, shaped by developmental vulnerability, evolving autonomy, and competing responsibilities to patients, families, and the legal system. Clinicians often...
Autonomy is a fundamental ethical principle in artificial intelligence (AI) ethics. Current discussions regarding autonomy-related risks in human-AI interaction, as well as potential mitigation strategies, have mainly focused on recommendation system...
BACKGROUND: Medical ethics provides a moral framework for the practice of clinical medicine. Four principles, that is, beneficence, nonmaleficence, patient autonomy, and justice, form the cornerstones of medical ethics as it is practiced today. Of th...
Patient messaging technologies offer treatment information and recommendations through web-based platforms, patient portals, mobile apps, and SMS text messaging. Many of these technologies have started to incorporate messages that are crafted by arti...
BACKGROUND: Large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4 are increasingly used to simplify radiology reports and improve patient comprehension. However, excessive simplification may undermine informed consent and autonomy by compromising clinical accur...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are transforming educational settings by offering tools that enhance learning experiences. AI-powered applications, such as ChatGPT and Poe, provide real-time assistance, fostering learner autonomy and self-d...
It is commonly accepted that clinicians are ethically obligated to disclose their use of medical machine learning systems to patients, and that failure to do so would amount to a moral fault for which clinicians ought to be held accountable. Call thi...
This article challenges two dominant assumptions in the current ethical debate over the use of algorithmic Personalised Patient Preference Predictors (P4) in substitute judgement for incapacitated patients. First, I question the belief that the auton...
BACKGROUND: Humanitarian organizations are rapidly expanding their use of data in the pursuit of operational gains in effectiveness and efficiency. Ethical risks, particularly from artificial intelligence (AI) data processing, are increasingly recogn...
Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool that can potentially transform the diagnostic, therapeutic, and administrative practice of dermatology. Physicians are expected to complete electronic health record documentation in a timely fashion, prepare...
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