Ethical Decision-Making Guidelines and Tools

Kentoh/Shutterstock Learning ObjectivesAfter completing this chapter, the reader should be able to: Define ethics. Identify the importance of studying ethics for the health information management (HIM) professional. Identify Ethical concepts, including rele-vant values, principles, virtues, approaches, and theories. Apply a process of Ethical decision making to HIM Ethics is the formal process of intentionally and critically analyzing, with clarity and consistency, the basis for one s moral judgments.

A completed ethical decision-making matrix for the scenario is provided at the end of the chapter. What Is an Ethical Issue? An ethical issue is one that involves the core val-ues of practice. The case set forth in Scenario 2-A raises ethical issues in that the core values of respect for patient autonomy, truth telling, ben-

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