Brenning R W
College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN, USA.
Top Health Inf Manage. 1997 Aug;18(1):59-67.
The ethical questions created by rapidly changing long-term care systems are demanding a much more intimate involvement of the information management professional. No longer is confidentiality one of the prime considerations. The ethical principles of justice, autonomy, dignity of person, beneficence, truth telling, and utility are becoming a daily part of the information task in long-term care. The informal character of the long-term care facility requires a larger role for the information specialist. The result is that the information management role is being greatly expanded into the arena of ethical oversight of the information stream in long-term care facilities.
长期护理系统的迅速变化所引发的伦理问题，正要求信息管理专业人员进行更为深入的参与。保密性已不再是首要考量因素之一。公正、自主、人格尊严、行善、讲真话和效用等伦理原则正日益成为长期护理信息工作的日常组成部分。长期护理机构的非正规性质要求信息专家发挥更大作用。结果是，信息管理的角色正大幅扩展至对长期护理机构信息流的伦理监督领域。
