Contextual bias, the democratization of healthcare, and medical artificial intelligence in low- and middle-income countries

Medical artificial intelligence (MAI) creates an opportunity to radically expand access to healthcare across the globe by allowing us to overcome the persistent labor shortages that limit healthcare access. This democratization of healthcare is the greatest moral promise of MAI. Whatever comes of th...

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Published in:Bioethics
Main Author: Weissglass, Daniel E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2022
In: Bioethics
Year: 2022, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 201-209
RelBib Classification:NCC Social ethics
NCH Medical ethics
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B health disparity
B contextual bias
B medical artificial intelligence
B Health equity
B low- and middle-income countries
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