title: Health care, ethics, and information technologies.
abstract: This essay explores how ethics, computing, and health care intersect in medical informatics. It discusses the power technology places in the hands of health care professionals and the ethical problems they may encounter as a result of that power.
authors.forename: Leah
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Curtin
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D007857:Leadership; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical