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The wizard behind the curtain: programmers as providers

Overview of attention for article published in Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, August 2016
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Title
The wizard behind the curtain: programmers as providers
Published in
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, August 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13010-016-0038-0
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Mark A. Graber, Olivia Bailey

Abstract

It is almost universally accepted that traditional provider-patient relationships should be governed, at least in part, by the ethical principles set forth by Beauchamp and Childress (Beauchamp and Childress, Principles of biomedical ethics, 1979). These principles include autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice (Beauchamp and Childress, Principles of biomedical ethics, 1979). Recently, however, the nature of medial practice has changed. The pervasive presence of computer technology in medicine raises interesting ethical questions. In this paper we argue that some software designers should be considered health care providers and thus be subject the ethical principles incumbent upon "traditional" providers. We argue that these ethical responsibilities should be applied explicitly rather than as a passive, implicit, set of guidelines.

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Unknown 11 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 4 36%
Student > Bachelor 2 18%
Researcher 2 18%
Other 1 9%
Student > Postgraduate 1 9%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 1 9%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 3 27%
Arts and Humanities 2 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 18%
Social Sciences 2 18%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 9%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 1 9%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 May 2017.
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#2,680,563
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#77
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#1
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