The Healthcare Drone
Dylan Cawthorne · 2023
This chapter shows the application of value-sensitive design through the development and testing of a prototype fixed-wing healthcare drone for the transportation of urgent medical samples from islands in Denmark to larger hospitals on the mainland. 1 First, ethical considerations including the enhancement of human welfare, safety issues, privacy, calmness, and the drone’s impact on jobs are considered. Then, Denmark and the social context in which the drone will be used are described. The drone’s use plan is detailed, and various stakeholders that will be impacted by the technology are identified. Finally, these inputs are used to inform the technological design of the prototype drone. The chapter ends with reflections if the drone should be built.