Ethics in Using Machine Learning in Medicine

Running head: INTRODUCTION TO IT EDUCATIONAL RSEARCH
INTRODUCTION TO IT EDUCATIONAL RSEARCH
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................2
2. Research background...................................................................................................................2
2.1. Machine learning in medicine..............................................................................................2
2.2. Ethics in using machine learning in medicine......................................................................3
3. Pros and Cons of research............................................................................................................4
3.1. Pros.......................................................................................................................................4
3.2 Cons.......................................................................................................................................5
4. Ethics issues, integrity and safety issues and risks......................................................................6
4.1. Ethical issues........................................................................................................................6
4.2 Safety and integrity issues.....................................................................................................6
4.3. Risks.....................................................................................................................................7
5. Response plan to the issues and risks..........................................................................................8
6. Conclusion...................................................................................................................................8

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1. Introduction
In this paper we would discuss regarding ethics in high education study. We have chosen
a particular topic under that. The topic is ethics related information for dealing with machine
learning in medicine (Gui and Chan 2017). The report mentions the background of the research.
It discusses regarding the pros and cons in the field of machine learning in medicine. Various
issues and challenges faced by the research are also mentioned in the report. A response plan to
the issues and risks has been provided.
2. Research background
2.1. Machine learning in medicine
Research in machine learning for various methods of medical applications stay centered
on numerous technological issues. They are mostly driven by application (Cabitza, Rasoini and
Gensini 2017). Machine learning has been used for carrying out the analysis regarding the
importance of various clinical parameters as well as the combinations for prognosis. Machine
learning is used in medical field for predicting disease progression, extracting knowledge of
medicine, therapy planning as well as support, patient management and many more (Leung,
Delong and Alipanahi 2016). Machine learning in medical science has been used for data

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analysis like detecting regularities in the data by dealing appropriately with data that are
imperfect, interpretation of the continuous data that is used by Intensive Care Unit.
2.2. Ethics in using machine learning in medicine
Similar to other fields, ethics has to be followed in the medical field as well. The policies
of ethics are followed by the members of the field. The ethics regarding the functioning of
machine learning is a very common thought that arises when the significant advancements of
these fields are analyzed (Chen and Asch 2017). The main ethical issue is that weather the usage
of machine learning would replace the labor. Machine learning has the ability to aid various
medical practices. Besides numerous advantages provided by machine learning, it also provides
many disadvantage that can be harmful for the medicine field. It is very interesting to use
machine learning in the field of medicine. The techniques of machine learning can learn from
huge amount of information regarding healthcare that is presently available. This data can be
used for assisting various clinical decisions making. Researchers have found out some
consequences that can be met if machine learning is used at an increased level.