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Júlio Belo Fernandes1,2, Brendan McCormack3,4,5,6,7

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Artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare presents both opportunities and challenges for humanizing care. Context-sensitive implementation is crucial to integrate AI while preserving ethical practice and patient-centered values.

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Area of Science:

  • Healthcare technology
  • Medical ethics
  • Artificial intelligence

Background:

  • Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into healthcare settings.
  • The impact of AI on the humanization of care requires critical examination.
  • Existing frameworks can guide the ethical implementation of AI in clinical practice.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically reflect on how AI can advance or undermine the humanization of care.
  • To identify opportunities and challenges associated with AI implementation in healthcare.
  • To propose a framework for context-sensitive AI integration that upholds person-centered values.

Main Methods:

  • Literature synthesis and structured dialogue.
  • Application of McCance and McCormack's Person-Centred Practice Framework.
  • Critical reflection on AI's role in healthcare humanization.

Main Results:

  • AI offers potential benefits for healthcare delivery but also poses risks to human-centered care.
  • Key challenges include maintaining relational ethics and professional judgment.
  • Opportunities exist for AI to support, rather than replace, human interaction in care.

Conclusions:

  • Context-sensitive implementation of AI is essential for healthcare.
  • Safeguarding person-centered values, relational ethics, and professional judgment is paramount.
  • AI should be integrated to enhance, not diminish, the humanistic aspects of care.