Moral Dynamics Model

                                                                Moral Dynamics Model


Objective//////Subjective Knowledge--------Wisdom With Care-------Decision Outcome

Medical             Empathy    
Indicator

Joint Moral      Health Team Member
Agency

Objectivity       Persons Data

Foley, S. (1997).  A model for conceptualizing the moral dynamic in health care.  Nursing Ethics  4(6), 483-495.

When ethical principles seem at odds and an ethical decision needs to be made with the objective factors and subjective factors analyzed, a decision model is needed.