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Artificial intelligence in medicine: Ethical, social and legal perspectives.

Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Artificial intelligence (AI) has permeated into every aspect of medicine and promises to provide accurate diagnosis, better management decision and improved outcome for patients and healthcare system. However, ethical, social and legal issues need to...

Using AI ethically to tackle covid-19.

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Taking a principled approach is crucial to the successful use of AI in pandemic management, say

An Ethical Framework for the Design, Development, Implementation, and Assessment of Drones Used in Public Healthcare.

Science and engineering ethics
The use of drones in public healthcare is suggested as a means to improve efficiency under constrained resources and personnel. This paper begins by framing drones in healthcare as a social experiment where ethical guidelines are needed to protect th...

Ethics Implications of the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Violence Risk Assessment.

The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the landscape of medicine. Specifically, algorithms powered by deep learning are already gaining increasingly wide adoption in fields such as radiology, pathology, and preventive medicine. Forensic psyc...

Holding Robots Responsible: The Elements of Machine Morality.

Trends in cognitive sciences
As robots become more autonomous, people will see them as more responsible for wrongdoing. Moral psychology suggests that judgments of robot responsibility will hinge on perceived situational awareness, intentionality, and free will, plus human liken...

Should Artificial Intelligence Augment Medical Decision Making? The Case for an Autonomy Algorithm.

AMA journal of ethics
A significant proportion of elderly and psychiatric patients do not have the capacity to make health care decisions. We suggest that machine learning technologies could be harnessed to integrate data mined from electronic health records (EHRs) and so...

Using Self-Reliance Factors to Decide How to Share Control Between Human Powered Wheelchair Drivers and Ultrasonic Sensors.

IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
A shared-control scheme for a powered wheelchair is presented. The wheelchair can be operated by a wheelchair driver using a joystick, or directed by a sensor system, or control can be combined between them. The wheelchair system can modify direction...

Self-determination theory informed research for promoting physical activity: Contributions, debates, and future directions.

Psychology of sport and exercise
In this review we evaluate the applications of self-determination theory (SDT) research to promote motivation for physical activity (PA) and exercise. The evidence suggests that SDT-informed interventions are often effective at changing health behavi...