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Sounderajah, V., McCradden, M.D., Liu, X. et al. Ethics methods are required as part of reporting guidelines for artificial intelligence in healthcare. Nat Mach Intell 4, 316–317 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-022-00479-3

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