Prohibited AI Practices in Healthcare under the European Artificial Intelligence Act
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Authors
- Hannah van Kolfschooten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3342-0285)
Institutions
- University of Basel (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics
- Published
- 2026-06-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2026.10270
- Primary Topic
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00