We convened a national citizens’ jury to discuss the question: “Under what circumstances, if any, should artificial intelligence be used in Australian health systems to detect or diagnose disease?”. The aim of deliberative democratic methods, developed in political science and government, is to enhance democracy [...]
This is a comment on "Public Engagement through Inclusive Deliberation: The Human Genome International Commission and Citizens' Juries." Am J Bioeth. 2023 Dec;23(12):66-76.
The majority of small papillary thyroid cancers (sPTCs) are treated surgically, rather than by active surveillance. Patient and clinician preference for surgery may be partially driven by the use of cancer terminology. Some experts propose that changing terminology would better communicate the indolent nature of [...]
Early diagnosis of dementia is a challenging issue for primary care physicians, largely due to concerns arising from the fragile balance of harms and benefits, the imprecision of some assessment tools, psychological distress, reduced quality of life and financial burden. Multiple countries including Australia, the [...]
Unnecessary and harmful interventions from overdiagnosis challenge the social and ethical contract that underpins healthcare. Strategies to tackle overdiagnosis from population screening should engage with the public and consider its values and concerns. Most high income countries develop evidence based policies to guide population screening using [...]