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RoboDoc: Critical ethical issues to consider for the design and development of a robotic doctor experience

Ethical design of robotic doctorsAcademictopic page

Assessment outcome

total 1/4 (actionability 0 + authority 1); currency unscored, so pro-rated to 1.5/6

Total1/6
Actionability0/2
Authority1/2
Currency—

Authorship & scope

Attribution (G4 evidence)

The source clearly names the authors and their institutional affiliations.

Issuer authority (evidence)

Score 1; published in a reputable journal by IOS Press as an academic article, but lacks explicit peer-review status in text. [quote matched fuzzy, not verbatim]

Issuers, who it governs, legal force and content are on the full record.

Eligibility gates

G1 · Retrievablepass

HTTP 200, 3370 words of full text extracted

G2 · AI nexuspass

The paper focuses specifically on medical robotics and AI doctor interactions, fulfilling the primary subject requirement.

G3 · Governance nexuspass

The text discusses ethical, legal, and safety governance considerations regarding medical robotics.

G4 · Attributablepass

The source clearly names the authors and their institutional affiliations.

G5 · In forcepass

There is no indication on the page that this version has been superseded or withdrawn.

Scored criteria

Actionability

0/2

Score 0 (description or analysis only); discusses ethical and design considerations without naming binding obligations or specific rules.

To introduce a robot surgeon would require a holistic safety and ethical measures such as during a hypothetical scenario of complications, who is responsible?

Authority

1/2

Score 1; published in a reputable journal by IOS Press as an academic article, but lacks explicit peer-review status in text. [quote matched fuzzy, not verbatim]

This article is published in Journal of Future Robot Life . View All Journal Metrics Publication usage

Currency

—

computed: no publish/modified date found on the page (never guessed)

Classification

Coverage topicEthical design of robotic doctors
PerspectiveAcademic
Lifecycle stage1 Plan & design
Layerboth
Granularitytopic page