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.