Ethical Considerations Regarding the Implementation of New Technologies and Techniques in Surgery

Ethical Considerations Regarding the Implementation of New Technologies and Techniques in Surgery 

Strong, Vivian, et al. “Ethical Considerations Regarding the Implementation of New Technologies and Techniques in Surgery – a Sages Publication.” SAGES, Apr. 2021, https://www.sages.org/publications/guidelines/ethical-considerations-regarding-implementation-new-technologies-techniques-surgery/.

In the article, the authors mention these ethical considerations:

(1) How is the safety of a new technology or technique ensured?;

(2) What are the timing and process by which a new technology or technique is implemented at a hospital?;

(3) How are patients informed before undergoing a new technology or technique?;

(4) How are surgeons trained and credentialed in a new technology or technique?;

(5) How are the outcomes of a new technology or technique tracked and evaluated?; and

(6) How are the responsibilities to individual patients and society at large balanced?

If autonomous surgery becomes available  (where a robot operates independently, without a doctor controlling the robot), discuss at least 2 of those six considerations in terms of whether or not autonomous surgery should be regulated.