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. It is impor-tant for HIM professionals to engage in this process, because they are accountable for their actions as professionals, not just personally as individuals.

moral judgments in your professional practice. We will demonstrate the decision-making pro-cess by applying it to Scenario 2-A. See the end of the chapter for the complete matrix. The first step of the ethical decision-making process is to ask, “What is the ethical question?” In Scenario 2-A, the ethical question is, “Should

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