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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.
Scenario 2-A Decision Making for an Adolescent MT is a 16-year-old young man with terminal brain cancer. At the age of 10 he was diag-nosed with acute leukemia. After three years of intense treatment, MT was in remission. After two years of remission, during which he was doing very well in school and loved playing soccer, MT began having severe
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