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Algorithmic care: Peter Singer’s ethics and the challenge of AI in the end-of-life medicine

By: Louise Batôt and  Alessio Belli  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2025-0018 | Journal eISSN: 2453-7829 | Journal ISSN: 1338-5615
Language: English
Page range: 192 - 203
Published on: Dec 31, 2025
Published by: University of Prešov
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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