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The algorithmic covenant: why AI-driven consent must not replace clinician responsibility.

Jul 2026 · Medicine, Health care and Philosophy · 0 citations · 5 references
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A conceptual analysis of the "algorithmic covenant" - the implicit expectation that automation will preserve the moral commitments of care - is performed, drawing on legal standards of material risk, sociotechnical scholarship on "moral crumple zones", and the tension between managerial and professional ethics.

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