Systematic decision frameworks for the socially responsible use of precision medicine

  • Ian S. Peebles
  • , David B. Kinney
  • , Emily Foster-Hanson

Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debate

Abstract

Deep learning techniques and whole-genome sequencing promise to increase well-being but also risk perpetuating psychological essentialism, potentially justifying inequality. In this Comment, we offer two much-needed systematic frameworks for clinicians and researchers to avoid essentialist inferences and unfair treatment: (1) a data-driven method for detecting causal fairness in precision health and (2) an ethical framework for determining when it is morally permissible to use racial classifications in population health research.

Original languageEnglish
Article number46
Journalnpj Genomic Medicine
Volume9
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2024

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