Ethical challenges in argumentation and dialogue in a healthcare context

TY - JOUR

T1 - Ethical challenges in argumentation and dialogue in a healthcare context

AU - Snaith, Mark

AU - Nielsen, Rasmus Øjvind

AU - Kotnis, Sita Ramchandra

AU - Pease, Alison

N1 - Copyright: © 2021 - The authors. Published by IOS Press.

PY - 2021/6/9

Y1 - 2021/6/9

N2 - As the average age of the population increases, so too do the number of people living with chronic illnesses. With limited resources available, the development of dialogue-based e-health systems that provide justified general health advice offers a cost-effective solution to the management of chronic conditions. It is however imperative that such systems are responsible in their approach. We present in this paper two main challenges for the deployment of e-health systems, that have a particular relevance to dialogue and argumentation: collecting and handling health data, and trust. For both challenges, we look at specific issues therein, outlining their importance in general, and describing their relevance to dialogue and argumentation. Finally, we go on to propose six recommendations for handling these issues, towards addressing the main challenges themselves, that act both as general advice for dialogue and argumentation research in the e-health domain, and as a foundation for future work on this topic.

AB - As the average age of the population increases, so too do the number of people living with chronic illnesses. With limited resources available, the development of dialogue-based e-health systems that provide justified general health advice offers a cost-effective solution to the management of chronic conditions. It is however imperative that such systems are responsible in their approach. We present in this paper two main challenges for the deployment of e-health systems, that have a particular relevance to dialogue and argumentation: collecting and handling health data, and trust. For both challenges, we look at specific issues therein, outlining their importance in general, and describing their relevance to dialogue and argumentation. Finally, we go on to propose six recommendations for handling these issues, towards addressing the main challenges themselves, that act both as general advice for dialogue and argumentation research in the e-health domain, and as a foundation for future work on this topic.

KW - Argumentation

KW - dialogue

KW - ethics

KW - health care

KW - responsible research and innovation

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85108016297

U2 - 10.3233/AAC-200908

DO - 10.3233/AAC-200908

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85108016297

SN - 1946-2166

VL - 12

SP - 249

EP - 264

JO - Argument and Computation

JF - Argument and Computation

IS - 2

ER -