Join James, Belle and Daisy as they delve into the week’s healthtech news and views.

This week: 

[00:25] - Increasingly sophisticated AI systems can perform empathy, but their use in mental health care raises ethical questions

[23:50] - Sylvia Kang Founds Mira To Fill Gap In Women’s Health Market

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📚 References from this episode: 

1. Montemayor, C., Halpern, J. & Fairweather, A. In principle obstacles for empathic AI: why we can’t replace human empathy in healthcare. AI & Soc 37, 1353–1359 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-021-01230-z
2. Finset, Arnstein. 2010. Conceptual explorations on person-centered medicine 2010: emotions, narratives and empathy in clinical communication. International Journal of Integrated Care. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.490.
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4. Halpern, Jodi. 2011. 13 Clinical empathy in medical care. In Empathy: From bench to bedside, 229–244. Cambridge: MIT Press.
5. Finset A, Ørnes K (2017) Empathy in the clinician-patient relationship: the role of reciprocal adjustments and processes of synchrony. J Patient Exp 4(2):64–68
6. Mercer et al. 2016; Shanafelt et al. 2002; Shapiro et al. 1989 cited in Ekman & Krasner 2017; Derksen et al. 2013; Gleichgerrcht & Decety 2013 cited in Hooker 2015; Hojat et al. 2013; 2011; Rosenthal et al. 2011; Zachariae et al. 2003 cited in Finset 2010; Bertakis et al. 1991; Beckman et al. 1984; Francis et al. 1969 cited in Hojat 2009
7. Shapiro, Johanna. 2011. 16 The paradox of teaching empathy in medical education. In Empathy: From bench to bedside, ed. Jean Decety, 275–290. Cambridge: MIT Press.
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