QuestionQ25

Foundational Principles

With respect to the app, which action exemplifies a decisional-interference violation?

  • A The app asks income level to determine the treatment of care.
  • B The app sells aggregated data to an advertising company without prior consent.
  • C The app has a pop-up ad requesting sign-up for a pharmaceutical company newsletter.
  • D The app asks questions during account set-up to disclose family medical history that is not necessary for the treatment of the individual's symptoms.
Explanation

Determining treatment of care from a patient’s income level improperly bases a health-care decision on an unrelated personal attribute, interfering with the patient’s medical choices and autonomy. This is decisional interference rather than merely an unauthorized disclosure, advertising intrusion, or unnecessary data collection.

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