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ArticleScience and engineering ethics2025

Health Technologies and Impermissible Delays: The Case of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis.

Simon Rosenqvist, Magnus Dustler, Johan Brännmark

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Article in Science and engineering ethics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Simon RosenqvistDepartment of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science, University of Gothenburg, Box 200, Göteborg, 405 30, Sweden. simon.rosenqvist@gu.se.ORCID 0000-0001-8017-0672
Magnus DustlerDiagnostic Radiology, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, 205 02, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-5699-9664
Johan BrännmarkDepartment of Philosophy, Stockholm University, Universitetsvägen 10D, Stockholm, 106 91, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-6123-479X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper argues that we have a moral obligation to implement certain health technologies even if we have limited or incomplete evidence of their effectiveness. The focus is on technologies used in non-emergency settings, as opposed to "exceptional cases" such as compassionate use and emergency approvals during public health emergencies. A broadly plausible moral principle - the Ecumenical Principle - is introduced and applied to a test case: the use of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis in mammographic screening. The paper concludes by exploring the implications of the Ecumenical Principle for the adoption of other new health technologies.

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Biomedical TechnologyBreast NeoplasmsEarly Detection of CancerMammographyMoralsFemaleHumansClinical utilityHealth technologiesHealth technology assessmentsMammographyMedical ethicsMoral principles

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