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A provocative account that looks at why human doctors are failing their patients—and how AI is better placed to save lives Hundreds of thousands of people die every year, not from a plane crash or a shooting incident, but from misdiagnosis at the hands of those we most trust with our health: doctors. Today doctors are facing unprecedented levels of stress, with rising patient numbers and a constant evolution of medical knowledge. But at the same time, they are prone to racial, class, and social biases that affect the care patients receive. How can we improve patient experience and alleviate the burdens of doctors at the same time? In this groundbreaking study, Charlotte Blease reveals how AI could emerge as the most reliable physician in history. Drawing on firsthand interviews with leading authorities in AI, doctors, and patients themselves, Blease shows how technology is already changing things for the better. From diagnosis and second opinions to treatment and aftercare, AI has the potential to revolutionise healthcare—if we give it a chance.

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“Brilliant. . . . A thorough, insightful, and timely exploration.”—Kenneth D. Mandl, Professor of Pediatrics and Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School “Medical professionals will no doubt wince. But patients should rejoice. This is a superb vision of the future of health care. I enjoyed the book immensely. Mandatory reading for doctors and policymakers.”—Professor Richard Susskind CBE KC (Hon), author of How to Think About AI and co-author of The Future of the Professions “Few books manage to be this beautifully written and this unsparing. Dr. Bot is both a searing critique of medicine-as-we-know-it and a hopeful exploration of what care could become. Blease brings deep insight and rare clarity to one of the most urgent conversations of our time.”—Maxine Mackintosh, Alan Turing Institute “Dr. Bot is an intelligent, incisive exploration of why even the best doctors are only human - and why, if used wisely, AI could transform healthcare for the better.”—Steve Stewart-Williams, Professor of Psychology, University of Nottingham Malaysia   “With a lively mix of medical data, ethics, and ethnography, Blease covers the waterfront of what Artificial Intelligence might mean for medicine and what to do about it. The result is a highly readable, and surprisingly human, discussion of technological change.”—I. Glenn Cohen, JD, Deputy Dean and James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

Author Information

Charlotte Blease is a health researcher exploring how AI can transform patient care by changing how healthcare works, making it more effective, ethical and responsive in ways humans alone cannot achieve. She focuses on what technology can do for patients, not just how AI works. She is currently Associate Professor at Uppsala University and Researcher at Harvard Medical School.  

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