Question

Submit to the instructors your decision as to which five (5) individuals will receive dialysis along with the method your group used for determining your decision. Use the next four questions to guide your summary: 1. Was your group in agreement from the beginning about who would receive dialysis? 2. If not, did a different approach by one of your group surprise you or make you uncomfortable? 3. Would you have wanted more information about the individuals before deciding? 4. Can you match the method you used for determining who would get dialysis to one of the ethical theories reviewed in the first session? 5. Complete a summary of your group activity, using the questions above to guide you. Include information about your group members. 6. Post a summary of your group activity You are a young health professional in a moderately sized hospital in a rural area that has an entire unit devoted to the care of patients with kidney disease. The kidney unit is the only unit within a 500-mile radius with the most up-to-date treatment capabilities. The hospital has an ethics committee comprised of health personnel from the hospital and of lay people from the community. You are on that committee. The community in which you live and work has had a crisis. A toxin has leaked into the water supply for the city and has made over half of the citizens terribly ill. Those most vulnerable to the toxin are people with kidney disease. Ten people lie near death (within one hour) unless they are given a scarce antitode and dialyzed immediately. There are only five doses of the antidote available. All other sources are more than an hour away, even by Life Flight. The ethics committee has been called together to decide who should receive priority. It is impossible to save the lives of all of the victims, but you must make the decision of which five will be saved. Your group has only minimal chart information about the ten people and thirty minutes to make the decision. Your group realizes that there is no alternative to making this choice if five people are to be saved. With no decision, ALL TEN PEOPLE WILL DIE. Here is what you know about the ten people:

Bookkeeper, African-American male, 31 years old

Bookkeeper's wife, 30 Caucasian, six months pregnant

Second year medical student, male, Pakistani

Famous historian and author, 41 years old, female

Hollywood actress, 50 years old

Biochemist, 35-year-old woman

Rabbi, 45-year-old male

Olympic athlete, shot put, 19-year-old male

Occupational Therapy student, Hispanic female

Owner of a topless bar, 56-year-old male

Answer 1

Answer

Decisive ethical criteria of prioritization in health care in this condition of restricted resources should focus on utilitarian ethical principle. The prioritization should be guided by rank choices among available alternatives.

Thus, justifications of public health professionals in hypothetical situations of patient prioritization in emergency should be guided by some tools. In this particular case, ethical principles of social utility and vulnerability should come into play while we being fair and impartial.

In this case we should prioritize

1.Bookkeeper's wife, 30 Caucasian, six months pregnant……..Two lives together will be saved

2. Olympic athlete, shot put, 19-year-old male……young

3.Occupational Therapy student, Hispanic female ……..young and will contribute in paramedical health service

4. Second year medical student, male, Pakistani…….Young and will serve the people

5. Biochemist, 35-year-old woman……………….Though older than book keeper but vulnerable.

Here we prioritize according to age, social utility and vulnerability

Answer

Decisive ethical criteria of prioritization in health care in this condition of restricted resources should focus on utilitarian ethical principle. The prioritization should be guided by rank choices among available alternatives.

Thus, justifications of public health professionals in hypothetical situations of patient prioritization in emergency should be guided by some tools. In this particular case, ethical principles of social utility and vulnerability should come into play while we being fair and impartial.

In this case we should prioritize

1.Bookkeeper's wife, 30 Caucasian, six months pregnant……..Two lives together will be saved

2. Olympic athlete, shot put, 19-year-old male……young

3.Occupational Therapy student, Hispanic female ……..young and will contribute in paramedical health service

4. Second year medical student, male, Pakistani…….Young and will serve the people

5. Biochemist, 35-year-old woman……………….Though older than book keeper but vulnerable.

Here we prioritize according to age, social utility and vulnerability

Answer

Decisive ethical criteria of prioritization in health care in this condition of restricted resources should focus on utilitarian ethical principle. The prioritization should be guided by rank choices among available alternatives.

Thus, justifications of public health professionals in hypothetical situations of patient prioritization in emergency should be guided by some tools. In this particular case, ethical principles of social utility and vulnerability should come into play while we being fair and impartial.

In this case we should prioritize

1.Bookkeeper's wife, 30 Caucasian, six months pregnant……..Two lives together will be saved

2. Olympic athlete, shot put, 19-year-old male……young

3.Occupational Therapy student, Hispanic female ……..young and will contribute in paramedical health service

4. Second year medical student, male, Pakistani…….Young and will serve the people

5. Biochemist, 35-year-old woman……………….Though older than book keeper but vulnerable.

Here we prioritize according to age, social utility and vulnerability

Answer

Decisive ethical criteria of prioritization in health care in this condition of restricted resources should focus on utilitarian ethical principle. The prioritization should be guided by rank choices among available alternatives.

Thus, justifications of public health professionals in hypothetical situations of patient prioritization in emergency should be guided by some tools. In this particular case, ethical principles of social utility and vulnerability should come into play while we being fair and impartial.

In this case we should prioritize

1.Bookkeeper's wife, 30 Caucasian, six months pregnant……..Two lives together will be saved

2. Olympic athlete, shot put, 19-year-old male……young

3.Occupational Therapy student, Hispanic female ……..young and will contribute in paramedical health service

4. Second year medical student, male, Pakistani…….Young and will serve the people

5. Biochemist, 35-year-old woman……………….Though older than book keeper but vulnerable.

Here we prioritize according to age, social utility and vulnerability

Answer

Decisive ethical criteria of prioritization in health care in this condition of restricted resources should focus on utilitarian ethical principle. The prioritization should be guided by rank choices among available alternatives.

Thus, justifications of public health professionals in hypothetical situations of patient prioritization in emergency should be guided by some tools. In this particular case, ethical principles of social utility and vulnerability should come into play while we being fair and impartial.

In this case we should prioritize

1.Bookkeeper's wife, 30 Caucasian, six months pregnant……..Two lives together will be saved

2. Olympic athlete, shot put, 19-year-old male……young

3.Occupational Therapy student, Hispanic female ……..young and will contribute in paramedical health service

4. Second year medical student, male, Pakistani…….Young and will serve the people

5. Biochemist, 35-year-old woman……………….Though older than book keeper but vulnerable.

Here we prioritize according to age, social utility and vulnerability

Answer

Decisive ethical criteria of prioritization in health care in this condition of restricted resources should focus on utilitarian ethical principle. The prioritization should be guided by rank choices among available alternatives.

Thus, justifications of public health professionals in hypothetical situations of patient prioritization in emergency should be guided by some tools. In this particular case, ethical principles of social utility and vulnerability should come into play while we being fair and impartial.

In this case we should prioritize

1.Bookkeeper's wife, 30 Caucasian, six months pregnant……..Two lives together will be saved

2. Olympic athlete, shot put, 19-year-old male……young

3.Occupational Therapy student, Hispanic female ……..young and will contribute in paramedical health service

4. Second year medical student, male, Pakistani…….Young and will serve the people

5. Biochemist, 35-year-old woman……………….Though older than book keeper but vulnerable.

Here we prioritize according to age, social utility and vulnerability

Answer

Decisive ethical criteria of prioritization in health care in this condition of restricted resources should focus on utilitarian ethical principle. The prioritization should be guided by rank choices among available alternatives.

Thus, justifications of public health professionals in hypothetical situations of patient prioritization in emergency should be guided by some tools. In this particular case, ethical principles of social utility and vulnerability should come into play while we being fair and impartial.

In this case we should prioritize

1.Bookkeeper's wife, 30 Caucasian, six months pregnant……..Two lives together will be saved

2. Olympic athlete, shot put, 19-year-old male……young

3.Occupational Therapy student, Hispanic female ……..young and will contribute in paramedical health service

4. Second year medical student, male, Pakistani…….Young and will serve the people

5. Biochemist, 35-year-old woman……………….Though older than book keeper but vulnerable.

Here we prioritize according to age, social utility and vulnerability

Answer

Decisive ethical criteria of prioritization in health care in this condition of restricted resources should focus on utilitarian ethical principle. The prioritization should be guided by rank choices among available alternatives.

Thus, justifications of public health professionals in hypothetical situations of patient prioritization in emergency should be guided by some tools. In this particular case, ethical principles of social utility and vulnerability should come into play while we being fair and impartial.

In this case we should prioritize

1.Bookkeeper's wife, 30 Caucasian, six months pregnant……..Two lives together will be saved

2. Olympic athlete, shot put, 19-year-old male……young

3.Occupational Therapy student, Hispanic female ……..young and will contribute in paramedical health service

4. Second year medical student, male, Pakistani…….Young and will serve the people

5. Biochemist, 35-year-old woman……………….Though older than book keeper but vulnerable.

Here we prioritize according to age, social utility and vulnerability

Answer

Decisive ethical criteria of prioritization in health care in this condition of restricted resources should focus on utilitarian ethical principle. The prioritization should be guided by rank choices among available alternatives.

Thus, justifications of public health professionals in hypothetical situations of patient prioritization in emergency should be guided by some tools. In this particular case, ethical principles of social utility and vulnerability should come into play while we being fair and impartial.

In this case we should prioritize

1.Bookkeeper's wife, 30 Caucasian, six months pregnant……..Two lives together will be saved

2. Olympic athlete, shot put, 19-year-old male……young

3.Occupational Therapy student, Hispanic female ……..young and will contribute in paramedical health service

4. Second year medical student, male, Pakistani…….Young and will serve the people

5. Biochemist, 35-year-old woman……………….Though older than book keeper but vulnerable.

Here we prioritize according to age, social utility and vulnerability

Answer

Decisive ethical criteria of prioritization in health care in this condition of restricted resources should focus on utilitarian ethical principle. The prioritization should be guided by rank choices among available alternatives.

Thus, justifications of public health professionals in hypothetical situations of patient prioritization in emergency should be guided by some tools. In this particular case, ethical principles of social utility and vulnerability should come into play while we being fair and impartial.

In this case we should prioritize

1.Bookkeeper's wife, 30 Caucasian, six months pregnant……..Two lives together will be saved

2. Olympic athlete, shot put, 19-year-old male……young

3.Occupational Therapy student, Hispanic female ……..young and will contribute in paramedical health service

4. Second year medical student, male, Pakistani…….Young and will serve the people

5. Biochemist, 35-year-old woman……………….Though older than book keeper but vulnerable.

Here we prioritize according to age, social utility and vulnerability

Answer

Decisive ethical criteria of prioritization in health care in this condition of restricted resources should focus on utilitarian ethical principle. The prioritization should be guided by rank choices among available alternatives.

Thus, justifications of public health professionals in hypothetical situations of patient prioritization in emergency should be guided by some tools. In this particular case, ethical principles of social utility and vulnerability should come into play while we being fair and impartial.

In this case we should prioritize

1.Bookkeeper's wife, 30 Caucasian, six months pregnant……..Two lives together will be saved

2. Olympic athlete, shot put, 19-year-old male……young

3.Occupational Therapy student, Hispanic female ……..young and will contribute in paramedical health service

4. Second year medical student, male, Pakistani…….Young and will serve the people

5. Biochemist, 35-year-old woman……………….Though older than book keeper but vulnerable.

Here we prioritize according to age, social utility and vulnerability

Answer

Decisive ethical criteria of prioritization in health care in this condition of restricted resources should focus on utilitarian ethical principle. The prioritization should be guided by rank choices among available alternatives.

Thus, justifications of public health professionals in hypothetical situations of patient prioritization in emergency should be guided by some tools. In this particular case, ethical principles of social utility and vulnerability should come into play while we being fair and impartial.

In this case we should prioritize

1.Bookkeeper's wife, 30 Caucasian, six months pregnant……..Two lives together will be saved

2. Olympic athlete, shot put, 19-year-old male……young

3.Occupational Therapy student, Hispanic female ……..young and will contribute in paramedical health service

4. Second year medical student, male, Pakistani…….Young and will serve the people

5. Biochemist, 35-year-old woman……………….Though older than book keeper but vulnerable.

Here we prioritize according to age, social utility and vulnerability