1. Exploring the intersection of the medical metaverse and healthcare ethics: future considerations and caveats.
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McCourt, Colm
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DIGITAL technology ,MEDICAL technology ,AUTONOMY (Psychology) ,MEDICAL care ,DIGITAL health ,VIRTUAL reality ,BLOCKCHAINS ,PARADIGMS (Social sciences) ,ETHICS ,PHYSICIAN-patient relations ,HUMAN genome ,MEDICAL ethics ,AUGMENTED reality - Abstract
The medical metaverse and digital twin are set to revolutionise healthcare. Like all emerging technologies their benefits must be weighed against their ethical and social, impacts. If we consider the advances of medical technology as an expression of our values, such as the pursuit of knowledge, cures and healing, an ethical study allows us to align our values and steer the technology towards an agreed goal. However, to appreciate the long-term consequents of a technology, those consequences must be considered in the context of a society already shaped by that technology. This paper identifies the technologies currently shaping society and considers the ethical, and social consequences of the medical metaverse and digital twin in that future society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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