Integrating Social Determinants of Health into Ethical Digital Simulations.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Kostick-Quenet, Kristin; Rahimzadeh, Vasiliki; Anandasabapathy, Sharmila; Hurley, Meghan; Sonig, Anika; Mcguire, Amy
- Source
- American Journal of Bioethics. Sep2023, Vol. 23 Issue 9, p57-60. 4p.
- Subject
- *CONSENSUS (Social sciences)
*SOCIAL determinants of health
*MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems
*EQUIPMENT & supplies
*DIGITAL technology
*EVALUATION of organizational effectiveness
*SIMULATION methods in education
*SOCIAL justice
*PUBLIC health
- Language
- ISSN
- 1526-5161
The authors comment on the article "Epistemic rights and responsibilities of digital simulacra for biomedicine" by M. Cho and N. Martinez-Martin wherein they argue that developers and users of digital simulacra for modelling health and disease should involve a focus on causality of health states. Topics include a step to avoid reliance on narrow performance metrics, causal opacity and social determinants of health (SDOH), and recommended approaches to responsibly advance simulation modeling.