6.4 Assignment: Final Paper

Running head: MORAL IMAGINATION 1

MORAL IMAGINATION 4

Moral Imagination

Sheetal kumar narendula Student ID: 2528264 Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana.

Moral Imagination

Self-Assessment 2.1: Moral Imagination Scale

From the textbook, we will be looking into the aspect of moral imagination scale. This survey is effectively developed and designed in order to provide us with the necessary feedback on all the moral imagination components. There are three aspects of moral imagination. These include being creative, reproductive, and productive. Therefore, it is seen that when responding to different items on a scale of 1 (disagreeing) to 7 (agreeing), my moral imagination score is seen to be 97. This means that I have high moral standards where I value what is right and what is wrong. Comment by Kevin Wachtel: Thank you for providing your score. What were your scores for each of the three imaginations? This gives us insight into which you are stronger at versus others, based on your self-assessment.

After reading the textbook, I agree with the outcome of Self-Assessment 2.1. This is because, the moral imagination score clearly describes my moral standards and how I conduct myself when I am around people.

From the analysis of the self-assessment outcome, I believe that I can be able to develop a moral decision decision-making process on an ethical dilemma that I experienced. The ethical dilemma I experienced was whether or not to reveal patient information to the family members even though the patient did not want anyone to know about his health information.

The moral assessment influenced my decision in the ethical dilemma in that I decided not to reveal the patient information to the family members. This is because, I understood, appreciated, and reasoned with the patient as to why he did not want to reveal his health status to anyone. This therefore, therefore, enhances physician-patient confidentiality (Griffith, 2019). Comment by Kevin Wachtel: This is a legal issue as well, correct?

Therefore, the decision-making process that I made was respecting the patient’s confidentiality. This is because, I have no right at the moment to reveal the health information to the patient’s family if he did not want me to. Therefore, it is only the patient who is able tocan talk and reveals to his family what is going on and the health condition he faces. It is seen that patient’s confidentiality is the right of an individual to have personal medical information kept private. It is seen that these this information should be made available only to the healthcare provider and other healthcare institutions if necessary. Therefore, morally, I had to respect patient confidentiality, which is protected by the federal statute. Comment by Kevin Wachtel: You believe that this decision agreed with your score? I believe this matched your Reproductive Imagination as you were aware of the contextual factors such as the legal issues and wishes of the patient?

References

Griffith, R. (2019). Electronic records, confidentiality and data security: The nurse's responsibility. British Journal of Nursing, 28(5), 313-314. doi:10.12968/bjon.2019.28.5.313