Parsons Thomas D
iCenter for Affective Technologies (iCAN), University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76207, USA.
Computational Neuropsychology and Simulation (CNS), University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76207, USA.
J Clin Med. 2021 Jan 20;10(3):378. doi: 10.3390/jcm10030378.
Clinicians are increasingly interested in the potential of virtual environments for research and praxes. Virtual environments include both immersive and non-immersive simulations of everyday activities. Moreover, algorithmic devices and adaptive virtual environments allow clinicians a medium for personalizing technologies to their patients. There is also increasing recognition of social virtual environments that connect virtual environments to social networks. Although there has been a great deal of deliberation on these novel technologies for assessment and treatment, less discourse has occurred around the ethical challenges that may ensue when these technologies are applied clinically. In this paper, some of the ethical issues involved in the clinical use of novel technologies are discussed.
临床医生对虚拟环境在研究和实践中的潜力越来越感兴趣。虚拟环境包括日常活动的沉浸式和非沉浸式模拟。此外，算法设备和自适应虚拟环境使临床医生能够以一种将技术个性化应用于患者的媒介。人们也越来越认识到将虚拟环境与社交网络连接起来的社交虚拟环境。尽管对于这些用于评估和治疗的新技术已经进行了大量讨论，但对于这些技术在临床应用时可能出现的伦理挑战，讨论相对较少。本文将探讨新技术临床应用中涉及的一些伦理问题。
