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How AI could predict your preferences at the end of life
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Only about 14 per cent of older Australians have an Advance Care Directive, which outlines their wishes for the end of life.
In most cases these decisions come down to a family member, or sometimes a doctor needs to make a quick call in the emergency room.
Some experts are exploring whether artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to make those decisions easier and more accurate.
Guest/s
- Nicola Champion, palliative care nurse
- Dr Brian Earp, Associate Professor of biomedical ethics at the National University of Singapore
- Dr Teva Brender, internal medicine resident at the University of California, San Francisco
References
- Can Artificial Intelligence Speak for Incapacitated Patients at the End of Life?
- Should artificial intelligence guide surrogate decisions in healthcare? - Journal of Medical Ethics blog
- A Personalized Patient Preference Predictor for Substituted Judgments in Healthcare: Technically Feasible and Ethically Desirable
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