Digital twins and the ethics of health decision-making concerning children

In this review, we explore from an ethical perspective the opportunities and challenges for decision-making concerning children if digital twins (DTs) were to be used to provide better information about their health status as a basis for proxy decision-making. We note a sense of urgency due to the s...

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Autores principales: Braun, Matthias, Krutzinna, Jenny
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9023882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35465232
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2022.100469
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description In this review, we explore from an ethical perspective the opportunities and challenges for decision-making concerning children if digital twins (DTs) were to be used to provide better information about their health status as a basis for proxy decision-making. We note a sense of urgency due to the speed of progress and implementation of this advancing technology and argue that bringing a solid conceptual basis into the development process is of utmost importance for the effective protection of children’s rights and interests.
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