Dr. Yves Saint James Aquino
Doctor and philosopher of medicine, ethicist, social scientist
Popular articles

Utopia versus dystopia: Professional perspectives on the impact of healthcare artificial intelligence on clinical roles and skills
Aquino YSJ et al. International Journal of Medical Informatics

How should artificial intelligence be used in Australian health care? Recommendations from a citizens’ jury
Carter SM, Aquino YSJ, et al. Australian Journal of General Practice

Ethics of algorithmic invasiveness in beauty apps: an online experimental survey of public perspectives
Aquino YSJ et al. Information, Communication & Society
publicationS by Topic (SELECT)
Ethics of AI in healthcare
Aquino, Y. S. J., Carter, S. M., Houssami, N., Braunack-Mayer, A., Win, K. T., Degeling, C., Wang, L., & Rogers, W. A. (2025). Practical, epistemic and normative implications of algorithmic bias in healthcare artificial intelligence: a qualitative study of multidisciplinary expert perspectives. Journal of Medical Ethics, 51, 420-428. Full text
Carter, S. M., Aquino, Y. S. J., Carolan, L., Frost, E., Degeling, C., Rogers, W. A., Scott, I. A., Bell, K. J., Fabrianesi, B., & Magrabi, F. (2024). How should artificial intelligence be used in Australian health care? Recommendations from a citizens’ jury. Medical Journal of Australia, 220(8), 409-416.
Aquino, Y. S. J., & Carter, S. (2024). Adaptive Medical Machine Learning Models Should Not Be Classified as Perpetual Research, but Do Require New Regulatory Solutions. The American Journal of Bioethics, 24(10), 82-85.
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Starke, G., Gille, F., Termine, A., Aquino, Y. S. J., Chavarriaga, R., Ferrario, A., Hastings, J., Jongsma, K., Kellmeyer, P., & Kulynych, B. (2025). Finding Consensus on Trust in AI in Health Care: Recommendations From a Panel of International Experts. Journal of medical Internet research, 27, e56306. https://doi.org/10.2196/56306
Lekadir, K., Frangi, A. F., Porras, A. R., Glocker, B., Cintas, C., Langlotz, C. P., Weicken, E., Asselbergs, F. W., Prior, F., & Collins, G. S. (2025). FUTURE-AI: International consensus guideline for trustworthy and deployable artificial intelligence in healthcare. bmj, 388. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-081554
Vo, V., Chen, G., Aquino, Y. S. J., Carter, S. M., Do, Q. N., & Woode, M. E. (2023). Multi-stakeholder preferences for the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare: A systematic review and thematic analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 338, 116357.
Frost, E. K., O’Shaughnessy, P., Steel, D., Braunack-Mayer, A., Aquino, Y. S. J., & Carter, S. M. (2023). Measures of socioeconomic advantage are not independent predictors of support for healthcare AI: subgroup analysis of a national Australian survey. BMJ Health & Care Informatics, 30(1), e100714.
Pathologising ugliness, ethics of cosmetic surgery
Aquino, Y. S. J., Rohrbach, T., & Shih, P. (2025). Ethics of algorithmic invasiveness in beauty apps: an online experimental survey of public perspectives. Information, Communication & Society, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2590550
Aquino, Y. S. J. (2022). Pathologising Ugliness: A conceptual analysis of the naturalist and normativist claims in ‘aesthetic pathology’. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy(6).
Aquino, Y. S. J. (2020). Is ugliness a pathology? An ethical critique of the therapeuticalization of cosmetic surgery. Bioethics, 34(4), 431-441.
Aquino, Y. S. J., & Steinkamp, N. (2016). Borrowed beauty? Understanding identity in Asian facial cosmetic surgery. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 19(3), 431-441.
Public health ethics
Williams, J., Aquino, Y. S. J., & Haire, B. (2024). Editorial: Preparing for the next global crisis: research ethics and integrity matters in crisis situations—and Hello from the New Co-Editors-in-Chief. Research Ethics, 20(4), 633-635.
Aquino, Y. S. J., Cabrera, N., Salisi, J., & Yarcia, L. E. (2022). Monkeypox and the legacy of prejudice in targeted public health campaigns. BMJ Global Health, 7(10), e010630.
Aquino, Y. S. J., Rogers, W. A., Scully, J. L., Magrabi, F., & Carter, S. M. (2022). Ethical guidance for hard decisions: a critical review of early international COVID-19 ICU triage guidelines. Health Care Analysis, 30(2), 163-195.
publicationS by Year (Complete)
2025
Aquino, Y. S. J., Rohrbach, T., & Shih, P. (2025). Ethics of algorithmic invasiveness in beauty apps: an online experimental survey of public perspectives. Information, Communication & Society, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2590550
Aquino, Y. S. J., Carter, S. M., Houssami, N., Braunack-Mayer, A., Win, K. T., Degeling, C., Wang, L., & Rogers, W. A. (2025). Practical, epistemic and normative implications of algorithmic bias in healthcare artificial intelligence: a qualitative study of multidisciplinary expert perspectives. Journal of Medical Ethics, 51, 420-428. https://jme.bmj.com/content/51/6/420
Aquino, Y. S. J., Shih, P., & Bosward, R. (2025). The ethical, legal and social implications of Artificial Intelligence in Public Health. In S. R. Quah & A. Braunack-Mayer (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Public Health (Third ed., Vol. 7, pp. 335-343): Elsevier.
Lekadir, K., Frangi, A. F., Porras, A. R., Glocker, B., Cintas, C., Langlotz, C. P., Weicken, E., Asselbergs, F. W., Prior, F., & Collins, G. S. (2025). FUTURE-AI: International consensus guideline for trustworthy and deployable artificial intelligence in healthcare. bmj, 388. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-081554
Frost, E. K., Aquino, Y. S. J., Braunack‐Mayer, A., & Carter, S. M. (2025). Understanding Public Judgements on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Dialogue Group Findings From Australia. Health Expectations, 28(2), e70185. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70185
Haire, B., Aquino, Y. S. J., & Williams, J. (2025). Editorial: The politics of research ethics. Research Ethics, 21(3), 363-364. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470161251356357
Starke, G., Gille, F., Termine, A., Aquino, Y. S. J., Chavarriaga, R., Ferrario, A., Hastings, J., Jongsma, K., Kellmeyer, P., & Kulynych, B. (2025). Finding Consensus on Trust in AI in Health Care: Recommendations From a Panel of International Experts. Journal of medical Internet research, 27, e56306. https://doi.org/10.2196/56306
Woode, M. E., De Silva Perera, U., Degeling, C., Aquino, Y. S. J., Houssami, N., Carter, S. M., & Chen, G. (2025). Preferences for the Use of Artificial Intelligence for Breast Cancer Screening in Australia: A Discrete Choice Experiment. The Patient – Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, 18(5), 495-510. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-025-00742-w
2024
Aquino, Y. S. J., & Carter, S. (2024). Adaptive Medical Machine Learning Models Should Not Be Classified as Perpetual Research, but Do Require New Regulatory Solutions. The American Journal of Bioethics, 24(10), 82-85.
Aquino, Y. S. J., Rogers, W. A., Jacobson, S. L. S., Richards, B., Houssami, N., Woode, M. E., & Carter, S. M. (2024). Defining change: Exploring expert views about the regulatory challenges in adaptive artificial intelligence for healthcare. Health Policy and Technology.
Carter, S. M., Aquino, Y. S. J., Carolan, L., Frost, E., Degeling, C., Rogers, W. A., Scott, I. A., Bell, K. J., Fabrianesi, B., & Magrabi, F. (2024). How should artificial intelligence be used in Australian health care? Recommendations from a citizens’ jury. Medical Journal of Australia, 220(8), 409-416.
Frost, E. K., Aquino, Y. S. J., Braunack‐Mayer, A., & Carter, S. M. (2025). Understanding Public Judgements on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Dialogue Group Findings From Australia. Health Expectations, 28(2), e70185. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70185
Frost, E. K., Bosward, R., Aquino, Y. S. J., Braunack-Mayer, A., & Carter, S. M. (2024). Facilitating public involvement in research about healthcare AI: A scoping review of empirical methods. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 105417.
Williams, J., Aquino, Y. S. J., & Haire, B. (2024). Editorial: Preparing for the next global crisis: research ethics and integrity matters in crisis situations—and Hello from the New Co-Editors-in-Chief. Research Ethics, 20(4), 633-635.
2023
Aquino, Y. S. J. (2023). Making decisions: Bias in artificial intelligence and data‑driven diagnostic tools. Australian Journal of General Practice, 52(7), 439-452.
Aquino, Y. S. J., Carter, S., & Degeling, C. (2023). Not All Publics Are the Same—A Note on Power, Diversity, and Lived Expertise in Public Deliberation. The American Journal of Bioethics. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2023.22
Aquino, Y. S. J., Rogers, W. A., Braunack-Mayer, A., Frazer, H., Win, K. T., Houssami, N., Degeling, C., Semsarian, C., & Carter, S. M. (2023). Utopia versus dystopia: professional perspectives on the impact of healthcare artificial intelligence on clinical roles and skills. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 169, 104903.
Carter, S. M., Carolan, L., Saint James Aquino, Y., Frazer, H., Rogers, W. A., Hall, J., Degeling, C., Braunack-Mayer, A., & Houssami, N. (2023). Australian women’s judgements about using artificial intelligence to read mammograms in breast cancer screening. Digital Health, 9, 20552076231191057.
Frost, E. K., O’Shaughnessy, P., Steel, D., Braunack-Mayer, A., Aquino, Y. S. J., & Carter, S. M. (2023). Measures of socioeconomic advantage are not independent predictors of support for healthcare AI: subgroup analysis of a national Australian survey. BMJ Health & Care Informatics, 30(1), e100714.
2022
Aquino, Y. S. J. (2022). Pathologising Ugliness: A conceptual analysis of the naturalist and normativist claims in ‘aesthetic pathology’. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy(6).
Aquino, Y. S. J., Cabrera, N., Salisi, J., & Yarcia, L. E. (2022). Monkeypox and the legacy of prejudice in targeted public health campaigns. BMJ Global Health, 7(10), e010630.
Aquino, Y. S. J., Rogers, W. A., Scully, J. L., Magrabi, F., & Carter, S. M. (2022). Ethical guidance for hard decisions: a critical review of early international COVID-19 ICU triage guidelines. Health Care Analysis, 30(2), 163-195.
Frost, E. K., Bosward, R., Aquino, Y. S. J., Braunack-Mayer, A., & Carter, S. M. (2022). Public views on ethical issues in healthcare artificial intelligence: protocol for a scoping review. Systematic Reviews, 11(1), 142.
2021 and earlier
Richards, B., Jacobson, S. L. S., & Aquino, Y. S. J. (2021). Regulation of AI in Health Care: A Cautionary Tale Considering Horses and Zebras. Journal of Law and Medicine, 28(3), 645-654.
Aquino, Y. S. J. (2020). Is ugliness a pathology? An ethical critique of the therapeuticalization of cosmetic surgery. Bioethics, 34(4), 431-441.
Faulkner, J., England, R., Aquino, Y., & Mukandi, B. (2020). Introduction: Spinoza Today. Australasian Philosophical Review 4(3), 191-195.
Aquino, Y. S. J. (2020). Ugliness as disease: A dangerous intersection of medical and aesthetic traditions. In Beauty and the Christian Tradition. Pauline Books and Media.
Aquino, Y. S., & Cabrera, N. (2020). Hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19: critiquing the impact of disease public profile on policy and clinical decision-making. Journal of Medical Ethics, 46(9), 574-578.
Aquino, Y. S. J. (2017). “Big eye” surgery: the ethics of medicalizing Asian features. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, 38(3), 213-225.
Aquino, Y. S. J., & Steinkamp, N. (2016). Borrowed beauty? Understanding identity in Asian facial cosmetic surgery. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy.




