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Comment
. 2018 Sep 1;20(9):E804-811.
doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.804.

Is It Ethical to Use Prognostic Estimates from Machine Learning to Treat Psychosis?

Nicole Martinez-Martin  1 , Laura B Dunn  2 , Laura Weiss Roberts  3
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Comment

Is It Ethical to Use Prognostic Estimates from Machine Learning to Treat Psychosis?

Nicole Martinez-Martin et al. AMA J Ethics. .

Abstract

Machine learning is a method for predicting clinically relevant variables, such as opportunities for early intervention, potential treatment response, prognosis, and health outcomes. This commentary examines the following ethical questions about machine learning in a case of a patient with new onset psychosis: (1) When is clinical innovation ethically acceptable? (2) How should clinicians communicate with patients about the ethical issues raised by a machine learning predictive model?

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Conflict of Interest Disclosure

Dr Dunn is a consultant to Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and a member of Lundbeck’s advisory boards. The other authors had no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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