Exploring the intersection of the medical metaverse and healthcare ethics:future considerations and caveats
10.1016/j.glohj.2024.02.005
- Author:
McCourt COLM
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Author Information
1. World Metaverse Council
- Keywords:
Web 3;
Metaverse;
Digital twin;
Medicine;
Healthcare;
Ethics;
Blockchain
- From:
Global Health Journal
2024;8(1):36-40
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The medical meta verse 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 tech-nology 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.
