{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4412101836","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1618169","title":"Ethical dilemmas and the reconstruction of subjectivity in digital mourning in the age of AI: an empirical study on the acceptance intentions of bereaved family members of cancer patients","display_name":"Ethical dilemmas and the reconstruction of subjectivity in digital mourning in the age of AI: an empirical study on the acceptance intentions of bereaved family members of cancer patients","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-07-07","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4412101836","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1618169","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40692654"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.3389/fdgth.2025.1618169","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1618169","pdf_url":"https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/digital-health/articles/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1618169/pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210170686","display_name":"Frontiers in Digital Health","issn_l":"2673-253X","issn":["2673-253X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320527","host_organization_name":"Frontiers Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320527"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Frontiers Media"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Frontiers in Digital Health","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/digital-health/articles/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1618169/pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5112365916","display_name":"Kun Fu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0450-6469"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I12615008","display_name":"Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University","ror":"https://ror.org/04snvc712","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I12615008"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I141568987","display_name":"Hong Kong Baptist University","ror":"https://ror.org/0145fw131","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I141568987"]}],"countries":["CN","HK"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Kun Fu","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Culture and Creativity, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Culture and Creativity, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I12615008","https://openalex.org/I141568987"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5042509794","display_name":"Chenxi Ye","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I12615008","display_name":"Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University","ror":"https://ror.org/04snvc712","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I12615008"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I141568987","display_name":"Hong Kong Baptist University","ror":"https://ror.org/0145fw131","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I141568987"]}],"countries":["CN","HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chenxi Ye","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Culture and Creativity, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Culture and Creativity, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I12615008","https://openalex.org/I141568987"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100379683","display_name":"Zeyu Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7413-7665"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I12615008","display_name":"Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University","ror":"https://ror.org/04snvc712","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I12615008"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I141568987","display_name":"Hong Kong Baptist University","ror":"https://ror.org/0145fw131","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I141568987"]}],"countries":["CN","HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zeyu Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Culture and Creativity, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Culture and Creativity, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I12615008","https://openalex.org/I141568987"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5103244107","display_name":"Miaohui Wu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3742-1428"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I38877650","display_name":"Zhengzhou University","ror":"https://ror.org/04ypx8c21","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I38877650"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Miaohui Wu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Faculty of Philosophy, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Faculty of Philosophy, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I38877650"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100412074","display_name":"Zhen Liu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8910-9664"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210125143","display_name":"Chengdu University","ror":"https://ror.org/034z67559","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210125143"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zhen Liu","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Digital Art and Design, Chengdu Neusoft University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Digital Art and Design, Chengdu Neusoft University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210125143"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100334733","display_name":"Yuan Yuan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7964-6514"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I12615008","display_name":"Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University","ror":"https://ror.org/04snvc712","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I12615008"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I141568987","display_name":"Hong Kong Baptist University","ror":"https://ror.org/0145fw131","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I141568987"]}],"countries":["CN","HK"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Yuan Yuan","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Culture and Creativity, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Culture and Creativity, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I12615008","https://openalex.org/I141568987"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":6,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5100334733","https://openalex.org/A5112365916"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I12615008","https://openalex.org/I141568987"],"apc_list":{"value":1900,"currency":"USD","value_usd":1900},"apc_paid":{"value":1900,"currency":"USD","value_usd":1900},"fwci":18.5417,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":11,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99492361,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":98,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"7","issue":null,"first_page":"1618169","last_page":"1618169"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11388","display_name":"Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health","score":0.9430999755859375,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3203","display_name":"Clinical Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11388","display_name":"Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health","score":0.9430999755859375,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3203","display_name":"Clinical Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12521","display_name":"Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion","score":0.004900000058114529,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3207","display_name":"Social Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13574","display_name":"Family Support in Illness","score":0.0035000001080334187,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/subjectivity","display_name":"Subjectivity","score":0.7264760136604309},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.5177504420280457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cancer","display_name":"Cancer","score":0.4435498118400574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychotherapist","display_name":"Psychotherapist","score":0.39300253987312317},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychoanalysis","display_name":"Psychoanalysis","score":0.33991366624832153},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/medicine","display_name":"Medicine","score":0.26258283853530884},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/epistemology","display_name":"Epistemology","score":0.21126645803451538},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/philosophy","display_name":"Philosophy","score":0.11903536319732666},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/internal-medicine","display_name":"Internal medicine","score":0.06331616640090942}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C202889954","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1139554","display_name":"Subjectivity","level":2,"score":0.7264760136604309},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.5177504420280457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121608353","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12078","display_name":"Cancer","level":2,"score":0.4435498118400574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C542102704","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183257","display_name":"Psychotherapist","level":1,"score":0.39300253987312317},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11171543","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41630","display_name":"Psychoanalysis","level":1,"score":0.33991366624832153},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.26258283853530884},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.21126645803451538},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.11903536319732666},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126322002","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11180","display_name":"Internal medicine","level":1,"score":0.06331616640090942}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.3389/fdgth.2025.1618169","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1618169","pdf_url":"https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/digital-health/articles/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1618169/pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210170686","display_name":"Frontiers in Digital Health","issn_l":"2673-253X","issn":["2673-253X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320527","host_organization_name":"Frontiers Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320527"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Frontiers Media"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Frontiers in Digital Health","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:40692654","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40692654","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Frontiers in digital health","raw_type":null},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:e914985c20de4d639568f7edd8def5f0","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/e914985c20de4d639568f7edd8def5f0","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Frontiers in Digital Health, Vol 7 (2025)","raw_type":"article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:12278142","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/12278142","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764455111","display_name":"PubMed Central","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Front Digit Health","raw_type":"Text"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.3389/fdgth.2025.1618169","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1618169","pdf_url":"https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/digital-health/articles/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1618169/pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210170686","display_name":"Frontiers in Digital Health","issn_l":"2673-253X","issn":["2673-253X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320527","host_organization_name":"Frontiers Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320527"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Frontiers Media"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Frontiers in Digital Health","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4412101836.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4412101836.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":79,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1791587663","https://openalex.org/W1988050849","https://openalex.org/W1990642712","https://openalex.org/W1991087151","https://openalex.org/W2006081945","https://openalex.org/W2033638757","https://openalex.org/W2033886685","https://openalex.org/W2036736987","https://openalex.org/W2040692370","https://openalex.org/W2048603988","https://openalex.org/W2055769378","https://openalex.org/W2059196767","https://openalex.org/W2100379340","https://openalex.org/W2108401663","https://openalex.org/W2109456398","https://openalex.org/W2130801612","https://openalex.org/W2160185107","https://openalex.org/W2278655912","https://openalex.org/W2342437275","https://openalex.org/W2503387234","https://openalex.org/W2549868972","https://openalex.org/W2622458265","https://openalex.org/W2775025186","https://openalex.org/W2807255484","https://openalex.org/W2810869501","https://openalex.org/W2912911520","https://openalex.org/W2913322578","https://openalex.org/W2914711619","https://openalex.org/W2942642507","https://openalex.org/W2981075837","https://openalex.org/W3021174428","https://openalex.org/W3036333768","https://openalex.org/W3081658103","https://openalex.org/W3087825537","https://openalex.org/W3088058869","https://openalex.org/W3125976894","https://openalex.org/W3126628052","https://openalex.org/W3148517140","https://openalex.org/W3182425371","https://openalex.org/W3193938179","https://openalex.org/W3196948360","https://openalex.org/W3202183072","https://openalex.org/W3207760970","https://openalex.org/W4220736755","https://openalex.org/W4221099051","https://openalex.org/W4225295931","https://openalex.org/W4226444381","https://openalex.org/W4245690656","https://openalex.org/W4295037896","https://openalex.org/W4296240237","https://openalex.org/W4303710191","https://openalex.org/W4306742364","https://openalex.org/W4311984786","https://openalex.org/W4319333269","https://openalex.org/W4321197370","https://openalex.org/W4323288454","https://openalex.org/W4365999093","https://openalex.org/W4381430332","https://openalex.org/W4386503529","https://openalex.org/W4388708748","https://openalex.org/W4388723015","https://openalex.org/W4391707336","https://openalex.org/W4392595892","https://openalex.org/W4395676250","https://openalex.org/W4396934568","https://openalex.org/W4398142396","https://openalex.org/W4399262294","https://openalex.org/W4400487115","https://openalex.org/W4401705274","https://openalex.org/W4402342060","https://openalex.org/W4404426550","https://openalex.org/W4405141238","https://openalex.org/W4409749758","https://openalex.org/W4410511766","https://openalex.org/W6651927631","https://openalex.org/W6660761683","https://openalex.org/W6676192491","https://openalex.org/W6861038448","https://openalex.org/W7058153592"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2392615731","https://openalex.org/W2380604072","https://openalex.org/W2376320687","https://openalex.org/W4383890670","https://openalex.org/W4256356876","https://openalex.org/W2394235543","https://openalex.org/W2373226572","https://openalex.org/W2343691239"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Introduction:":[0],"With":[1],"the":[2,29,66,103,172,187,203,225],"rapid":[3],"advancement":[4],"of":[5,22,31,38,69,73,105,112,174,189,202,208,227],"AI":[6,210],"replication,":[7],"virtual":[8],"memorials,":[9],"and":[10,46,71,85,99,119,140,192,205,212,224],"affective":[11],"computing":[12],"technologies,":[13],"digital":[14,107,149,176,221],"mourning":[15,108,150,177],"has":[16],"emerged":[17],"as":[18,76],"a":[19,199],"prevalent":[20],"mode":[21],"psychological":[23,206],"reconstruction":[24],"for":[25,216],"families":[26],"coping":[27],"with":[28],"loss":[30],"terminally":[32],"ill":[33],"patients.":[34],"For":[35],"family":[36],"members":[37],"cancer":[39],"patients,":[40],"who":[41],"often":[42],"shoulder":[43],"prolonged":[44],"caregiving":[45],"complex":[47],"ethical":[48,60,97,141,204],"decisions,":[49],"this":[50],"process":[51],"entails":[52],"not":[53,155],"only":[54,156],"emotional":[55,190],"trauma":[56],"but":[57,160],"also":[58,161],"profound":[59],"dilemmas.":[61],"Methods:":[62],"This":[63,168],"study":[64,169],"adopts":[65],"Unified":[67],"Theory":[68],"Acceptance":[70],"Use":[72],"Technology":[74],"(UTAUT)":[75],"its":[77],"analytical":[78],"framework,":[79],"further":[80],"integrating":[81],"Foucauldian":[82],"subjectivation":[83],"theory":[84],"emotional-cognitive":[86],"models.":[87],"A":[88,110],"structural":[89],"path":[90],"model":[91],"was":[92],"constructed":[93],"to":[94,147,198],"examine":[95],"how":[96],"identification":[98],"grief":[100,153],"perception":[101,154],"influence":[102],"acceptance":[104,173],"AI-based":[106,175],"technologies.":[109,151,229],"total":[111],"129":[113],"valid":[114],"survey":[115],"responses":[116],"were":[117],"collected":[118],"analyzed":[120],"using":[121],"Partial":[122],"Least":[123],"Squares":[124],"Structural":[125],"Equation":[126],"Modeling":[127],"(PLS-SEM).":[128],"Results:":[129],"The":[130,195],"findings":[131],"indicate":[132],"that":[133,171],"performance":[134],"expectancy,":[135,137],"effort":[136],"social":[138],"influence,":[139],"concern":[142],"significantly":[143],"predict":[144],"users'":[145],"intention":[146,159],"adopt":[148],"Additionally,":[152],"influences":[157],"adoption":[158],"directly":[162],"affects":[163],"actual":[164],"usage":[165],"behavior.":[166],"Discussion:":[167],"highlights":[170],"technologies":[178],"extends":[179],"beyond":[180],"instrumental":[181],"rationality.":[182],"It":[183],"is":[184],"shaped":[185],"by":[186],"interplay":[188],"vulnerability":[191],"moral":[193],"tension.":[194],"results":[196],"contribute":[197],"deeper":[200],"understanding":[201],"dimensions":[207],"posthumous":[209],"applications":[211],"provide":[213],"valuable":[214],"insights":[215],"future":[217],"human-AI":[218],"interaction":[219],"design,":[220],"commemoration":[222],"systems,":[223],"governance":[226],"end-of-life":[228]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":6}],"updated_date":"2026-06-13T07:54:00.901334","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}