Are agency and responsibility still solely ascribable to humans? The case of medical decision support systems

Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Medical Informatics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 84-112

  Gröndahl, Hannah H ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84898594060     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-780-5.ch005     Document Type: Chapter

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