Machine learning in medicine: Addressing ethical challenges

PLoS Med. 2018 Nov 6;15(11):e1002689. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002689. eCollection 2018 Nov.

Abstract

Effy Vayena and colleagues argue that machine learning in medicine must offer data protection, algorithmic transparency, and accountability to earn the trust of patients and clinicians.

MeSH terms

  • Attitude of Health Personnel
  • Attitude to Computers
  • Computer Security / ethics*
  • Confidentiality / ethics*
  • Data Mining / ethics*
  • Delivery of Health Care / ethics
  • Humans
  • Machine Learning / ethics*
  • Medical Records*
  • Public Opinion
  • Self Care / ethics
  • Trust

Grants and funding

The authors received no specific funding for this work.