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“Ethical issues are not founded on whether technology is acceptable to humankind, but rather on whether people have the humanity with which to make technology a true instrument of man’s will.” (Levine, 1980, p. 194)
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Havens, G.A.D. (1995). The Legacy of Advancing Technology: Ethical Issues and Healthcare Information Management Systems. In: Ball, M.J., Simborg, D.W., Albright, J.W., Douglas, J.V. (eds) Healthcare Information Management Systems. Computers in Health Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2402-8_16
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