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SUMMARY:Machine Medical Ethics
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DESCRIPTION:<p>Call for Chapters: Machine Medical Ethics\, Edited Collection</p>\n<p>You are warmly invited to submit your research chapter for possible inclusion in an edited collection entitled Machine Medical Ethics. Target publication date: 2014.<br><br>The new field of Artificial Intelligence called Machine Ethics &nbsp\;is concerned with ensuring that the behaviour of machines towards human &nbsp\;users and other machines is ethical. This unique edited collection aims &nbsp\;to provide an interdisciplinary platform for researchers in this field &nbsp\;to present new research and developments in Machine Medical Ethics. Areas of interest for this edited collection include\, but are not limited to\, the following topics:<br><br>Foundational Concepts</p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is medical ethics?</li>\n<li>What is machine medical ethics?</li>\n<li>What are the consequences of creating or not creating ethical medical machines?</li>\n<li>Can medical machines be autonomous?</li>\n<li>Ought medical machines to operate autonomously\, or under (complete or partial) human physician control?</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Theories of Machine Medical Ethics</p>\n<ul>\n<li>What theories of machine medical ethics are most theoretically plausible and most empirically supported?</li>\n<li>Ought machine medical ethics be rule-based (top-down)\, case- based (bottom-up)\, or a hybrid view of both top-down and bottom-up?</li>\n<li>Is &nbsp\;an interdisciplinary approach suited to designing a machine medical &nbsp\;ethical theory? (e.g.\, collaboration between philosophy\, psychology\, AI\, &nbsp\;computational neuroscience&hellip\;)</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Medical Machine Training</p>\n<ul>\n<li>What &nbsp\;does ethical training for medical machines consist in: ethical &nbsp\;principles\, ethical theories\, or ethical skills? Is a hybrid approach &nbsp\;best?</li>\n<li>What training regimes currently tested and/or used are most successful?</li>\n<li>Can ethically trained medical machines become unethical?</li>\n<li>Can a medical machine learn empathy (caring) and skills relevant to the patient-physician relationship?</li>\n<li>Can a medical machine learn to give an apology for a medical error?</li>\n<li>Ought &nbsp\;medical machines to be trained to detect and respond to patient &nbsp\;embarrassment and/or issues of patient privacy? What social norms are &nbsp\;relevant for training?</li>\n<li>Ought medical machines to be trained to show sensitivity to gender\, cultural and age-differences?</li>\n<li>Ought machines to teach medicine and medical ethics to human medical students?</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Patient-Machine-Physician Relationship</p>\n<ul>\n<li>What role ought imitation or mimicry to play in the patient-machine-physician relationship?</li>\n<li>What role ought empathy or caring to play in the patient-machine-physician relationship?</li>\n<li>What skills are necessary to maintain a good patient-machine-physician relationship?</li>\n<li>Ought medical machines be able to detect patient fakery and malingering?</li>\n<li>Under what conditions ought medical machines to operate with a nurse?</li>\n<li>In what circumstances should a machine physician consult with human or &nbsp\;other machine physicians regarding patient assessment or diagnosis?</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Medical Machine Physical Appearance</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is there a correlation between physical appearance and physician trustworthiness?</li>\n<li>Ought medical machines to appear human or non-human?</li>\n<li>Is a highly plastic human-like face essential to medical machines? Or\, is a static face sufficient?</li>\n<li>What specific morphological facial features ought medical machines to have?</li>\n<li>Ought medical machines to be gendered or androgynous?</li>\n<li>Ought medical machines to possess a human-like body with mobile limbs?</li>\n<li>What vocal characteristics ought medical machines to have?</li>\n</ul>\n<p>As &nbsp\;a new field\, the target audiences are expected to be from the &nbsp\;scientists\, researchers\, and practitioners working in the field of &nbsp\;machine ethics and medical ethics. The target audience will also include &nbsp\;various stakeholders\, like academics\, research institutes\, and &nbsp\;individuals interested in this field\, and the huge audience in the &nbsp\;public sector comprising health service providers\, government agencies\, &nbsp\;ministries\, education institutions\, social service providers and other &nbsp\;types of government\, commercial and not-for-profit agencies.</p>\n<p>Please indicate your intention to submit your full paper by email to the editor who emails you with the title of &nbsp\;the paper\, authors\, and abstract. The full manuscript\, as PDF file\, &nbsp\;should be emailed to that same editor by the deadline indicated below. &nbsp\;Authoring guidelines will be mailed to you after we receive your letter &nbsp\;of intent.<br><br>Please &nbsp\;feel free to contact the editors\, Simon van Rysewyk or Dr. Matthijs &nbsp\;Pontier\, if you have any questions or concerns. Many thanks!<br><br>IMPORTANT DATES:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp\; Intent to Submit:&nbsp\;June 10\, 2013</li>\n<li>&nbsp\; Full Version:&nbsp\;October 20\, 2013</li>\n<li>&nbsp\; Decision Date:&nbsp\;November 10\, 2013</li>\n<li>&nbsp\; Final Version:&nbsp\;December 31\, 2013</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Target Publication Date of Book: 2014<br><br>Editors:<br><br>Simon van Rysewyk<br>School of Humanities<br>University of Tasmania<br>Private Bag 41<br>Hobart<br>Tasmania 7001<br>Australia<br><br>Email:&nbsp\;simonvanrysewyk@utas.edu.au</a><br>Dr. Mattjis Pontier<br>Post-Doctoral Researcher<br>The Centre for Advanced Media Research (CAMeRA)<br>Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam<br>Buitenveldertselaan 3<br>1081 HV Amsterdam<br>The Netherlands<br>Email:&nbsp\;matthijspon@gmail.com</a></p>
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