Recent research has shown the efficacy of screening for serious medical conditions from data collected while people interact with online services. In particular, queries to search engines and the interactions with them were shown to be advantageous for screening a range of conditions including diabetes, several forms of cancer, eating disorders, and depression. These screening abilities offer unique advantages in that they can serve a broad strata of the society, including people in underserved populations and in countries with poor access to medical services. However, these advantages need to be balanced against the potential harm to privacy, autonomy, and nonmaleficence, which are recognized as the cornerstones of ethical medical care. Here, we discuss these opportunities and challenges, both when collecting data to develop online screening services and when deploying them. We offer several solutions that balance the advantages of these services with the ethical challenges they pose.

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从与搜索引擎的互动中进行医学筛查的能力相关的道德挑战和机遇：观点。

最近的研究表明，在人们与在线服务进行交互时，从收集的数据中筛查严重疾病的功效。尤其是，对搜索引擎的查询以及与搜索引擎的交互被证明对于筛选包括糖尿病，多种癌症，饮食失调和抑郁症在内的一系列疾病非常有利。这些筛查能力提供了独特的优势，因为它们可以服务于社会的广泛阶层，包括服务不足的人群和无法获得医疗服务的国家的人们。但是，需要权衡这些优势与对隐私，自主权和非恶意行为的潜在危害，这些危害被认为是道德医疗的基石。在这里，我们讨论这些机遇和挑战，在收集数据以开发在线筛选服务时以及在部署它们时都如此。我们提供了几种解决方案，可在这些服务的优势与它们所构成的道德挑战之间取得平衡。

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