Letter to the Editor. The difficult role of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Liability: to err is not only human.
V. 172 N. 6 (2021), Letter
V. 172 N. 6 (2021)

Letter to the Editor. The difficult role of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Liability: to err is not only human.: doi: 10.7417/CT.2021.2372

Letter
Pubblicato 2021-11-25
P. Tozzo
Department of Molecular Medicine, Legal Medicine Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
F. Angiola
Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
A. Gabbin
Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
C. Politi
Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
L. Caenazzo
Department of Molecular Medicine, Legal Medicine Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Parole chiave

Artificial Intelligence
machine learning
medical liability
medical responsibility

Abstract

The entrance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a new actor in the doctor-patient relationship has encouraged important legal and ethical considerations among the experts. On the one hand, there is the request to establish a new and dedicated legal background involving AI and AI-related technologies, while others believe there is no need to add new laws in the attempt to define AI’s role in healthcare. The aim of this paper is to analyse the possible role of AI in civil liability in healthcare practice, underlining its limits of autonomy in a field where the attribution of liability cannot be uncertain.

 

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