Chapter 10by Kathleen Mastrian, Dee McGonigle,

and Nedra Farcus

Ethical Applications of Informatics

Key Terms Defined

• Alternatives • Antiprincipilism• Autonomy• Beneficence• Bio-Ethics

Key Terms Defined

• Bio-Informatics • Care Ethics • Casuistry Approach• Confidentiality• Consequences

Key Terms Defined

• Decision Making• Decision Support• Duty• Ethical Decision Making• Ethical Dilemma

Key Terms Defined

• Ethical, Social and Legal implications (ESLI)• Ethicist• Ethics• Eudiamonistic• Fidelity

Key Terms Defined

• Good• Harm• Justice• Liberty• Moral

Key Terms Defined

• Moral Dilemmas• Moral Rights• Negligence• Nicomachean• Nonmaleficence

Key Terms Defined

• Principlism• Privacy• Rights• Security• Self-control

Key Terms Defined

• Standard• Truth• Uncertainty• Values• Veracity

Key Terms Defined

• Virtue • Virtue Ethics• Wisdom

Ethical Decisions

• Ethics• Bioethics• Ethical Dilemmas • Morals• Ethical Decision Making

Theoretical Approaches

• Theoretical approaches and healthcare ethics

• The Hippocratic tradition• Principlism• Anti-Principlism

Theoretical Approaches

• The Casuistry Approach • The Husted Bioethical decision-making

Model• The Virtue Ethics Approach• Care Ethics

Theoretical Approaches

• The consensus-based approach• The value of different theoretical ethical

methods• The importance of diverse ethical insight

Applying Ethics to Informatics

• The Information Age • Language Barriers• Informatics Practitioners• Healthcare Professionals and Ethical

Approaches

Applying Ethics to Informatics• Analysis and Ethics • The use of expert systems• Facing Ethical Dilemmas• The Goal of an Ethical System

Applying Ethics to Informatics• An Ethical Dilemma• Bio-informatics• Making Ethical Decisions• Practicing Ethics

Applying Ethics to Informatics• Virtue ethics • The Responsibility of Ethics • The International Council of Nurses Code of

Ethics• Science/Technology Advances and the

future

Thought Provoking Questions

• Identify moral dilemmas in healthcare informatics that would best be approached with the use of an ethical decision making framework.

• Discuss the evolving health care ethics traditions within their social and historical context.

Thought Provoking Questions

• Differentiate among the theoretical approaches to health care ethics as they relate to the theorists perspectives of individuals and their relationships.

• Select one of the healthcare ethics theories and support its use in examining ethical issues in healthcare informatics.

Thought Provoking Questions

• Select one of the healthcare ethics theories and argue against its use in examining ethical issues in healthcare informatics.