AI-enabled healthcare ethics: A perspective from Muslim world

Doha, Qatar: The advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform medical practice by enhancing diagnostic accuracy, treatme...

Doha, Qatar: The advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform medical practice by enhancing diagnostic accuracy, treatment efficiacy, overall patient care, as well as biomedical research and drug development. With the unprecedented opportunities and progress this technology brings, ethical considerations are now at the forefront of research and policy.

The recently concluded World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH)– a Qatar Foundation initiative shed light on the ethical implications of AI in healthcare and considered through the lens of Islamic Bioethics.

In a question and answer session with The Peninsula, Dr. Mohammed Ghaly, one of the panelists at WISH session on ‘Ethical Management of AI in Healthcare,’ discussed about ‘AI-Enabled Healthcare Ethics: A Perspective from the Muslim World.’

Dr. Ghaly is a professor of Islam and Biomedical Ethics at the research Center for Islamic Legislation Ethics (CILE), College of Islamic Studies at QF’s Hamad Bin Khalifa University.

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