Question

Select one of the healthcare ethical theories and discuss its use in healthcare informatics.

Answer 1

Ethical theories:

- It include prominent ethical theories such as:

• moral relativism
• utilitarianism
• Kantian absolutism
• Aristotle's virtue ethics and ethics of care
• the key ethical principles in healthcare (autonomy,beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice).

Recent advances in the technologies of health informatics present with new ethical challenges. Holding the promise of beneficence, so taking example of this, the technologies i.e healthcare informatics are purported to increase access, improve quality, and decrease the costs of care.