Category eHealth
Protecting Youth Autonomy from Relational AI
Theodoros Zarkos recommends that efforts to protect children from the potential harms of AI should focus on design features that may diminish young people’s agency or foster emotional dependency, rather than treating every emotionally meaningful AI interaction as harmful.
Protecting Youth Autonomy in an Age of Misinformation
Hunain Fatima Khan shows that a balance is needed between regulating misinformation online for the benefit of young people, and facilitating their autonomy
Ethical Considerations for Using Tracking Technology in Dementia Care
Madalena Liougas and Alisa Grigorovich highlight that, when it comes to the use of tracking technologies in dementia care, surveillance isn’t safety, and safety shouldn’t mean surrendering dignity.
Black Salve: A Crisis in Online Health Misinformation
A.M. Kieley discusses online misinformation about black salve, a dangerous and ineffective “treatment” for cancer.
Is Free, Canada-Wide Access to HIV Medications Reasonable?
Julian Hopwood-Raja argues that universal, barrier-free access to HIV medicines is not just a matter of beneficence for patients and the health system but important for public health and ethical resource allocation.
