Emerging Ethical Issues in Current and Future Prosthetics

With the increasing use of prosthetics, what ethical issues raise concern as technology advances? How can we expect to deal with these concerns? Read and learn as you flip through the following slideshow!

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DpLqyuxf_MrvkygfNED6GHEiCzWyOFsxfULZJSo2F64

For even more in-depth info, check out these cool articles!!!

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Created by: James Copeland, Matt Stevens, and Alex Young;  All authors equally contributed to the creation of this work

 

 

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