Abstract
Digital twins are gaining attention in healthcare, especially in fields like hospital management, simulating surgeries, or providing personalized health. As digital replicas based on users’ data, digital twins can inform citizens in-depth about their lifestyle, medical data, and biomedical data. Hence, there is the assumption that digital twins could facilitate preventative healthcare at home, bringing healthcare closer to citizens, yet there are underexamined ethical concerns. In this paper, we explore the ethics of digital twins based on citizens’ perspectives on digital twins in healthcare via recent literature and research. Although digital twins have great potential, citizens have concerns about surveillance, data ownership, data accuracy, and personal and collective agency.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Weizenbaum Conference 2022 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Practicing Sovereignty - Interventions for Open Digital Futures |
| Editors | Bianca Herlo, Daniel Irrgang |
| Place of Publication | Berlin |
| Publisher | Weizenbaum Institute |
| Pages | 122-130 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
| Event | Weizenbaum Conference 2022: Practicing Sovereignty. Interventions for open digital futures - Berlin, Germany Duration: 9 Jun 2022 → 10 Jun 2022 |
Conference
| Conference | Weizenbaum Conference 2022 |
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| Country/Territory | Germany |
| City | Berlin |
| Period | 9/06/22 → 10/06/22 |