Only about 14 per cent of older Australians have an Advance Care Directive, which outlines their wishes for the end of life.

In most cases these decisions come down to a family member, or sometimes a doctor needs to make a quick call in the emergency room.

Some experts are exploring whether artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to make those decisions easier and more accurate. 

Guest/s

• Nicola Champion, palliative care nurse
• Dr Brian Earp, Associate Professor of biomedical ethics at the National University of Singapore
• Dr Teva Brender, internal medicine resident at the University of California, San Francisco

References

• Can Artificial Intelligence Speak for Incapacitated Patients at the End of Life?
• Should artificial intelligence guide surrogate decisions in healthcare? - Journal of Medical Ethics blog
• A Personalized Patient Preference Predictor for Substituted Judgments in Healthcare: Technically Feasible and Ethically Desirable