What ethical issues might arise by relying more and more on technology in healthcare or human service?

Question

as you answer consider ethical issues from a consumer perspective from a health care or human service worker perspective

Answer 1

One of the major problem is to decide on which technology to fund. For instance, if you are a health care manager with $2 million, would you spend on developing chemotherapy drug that prolong survival of 1 cancer patient for 5 month, or you spend on screening of 50,000 asymptomatic people that could potentially detect cancer early in 5 people.