Should AI allocate livers for transplant? Public attitudes and ethical considerations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Allocation of scarce organs for transplantation is ethically challenging. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been proposed to assist in liver allocation, however the ethics of this remains unexplored and the view of the public unknown. The aim of this paper was to assess public attitudes on whether AI should be used in liver allocation and how it should be implemented.

Methods

We first introduce some potential ethical issues concerning AI in liver allocation, before analysing a pilot survey including online responses from 172 UK laypeople, recruited through Prolific Academic.

Findings

Most participants found AI in liver allocation acceptable (69.2%) and would not be less likely to donate their organs if AI was used in allocation (72.7%). Respondents thought A

SUBMITTER: Drezga-Kleiminger M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10683249 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature