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Issued: February 21, 2014

Due: March 3, 2014

Consider the following scenario as found in Johnson.

Not long after kidney dialysis machines were developed, a few hospitals acquired a limited number of those expensive machines. The hospitals soon found that that the number of patients needing treatment far exceeded the number of machines that were available or that they could afford. Decisions had to be made as to who would get access to the machines and these were often life and death decisions. In response some hospitals set up internal review boards composed of medical staff and community representatives. These boards were charged with the task of deciding which patients should get access to the machines. The medical condition of each patient was taken into account, but the decisions were additionally made on the basis of the personal and social characteristics of each patient: age, job, number of dependents, social usefulness of the job whether the person had a criminal record, and so on. The resource – kidney dialysis machines – was scarce and they wanted to maximize the benefit of the use of the machines.

Did the board act ethically?

Write a 3 - 4 page paper exploring this issue. Take a position and defend it making use of the ethical process described in the first four chapters of Brown and Chapter 3 in Tavani. Use 1” borders, double spacing, and 12 point Times New Roman type. Check for all spelling errors, as papers with even one such error will not be graded. Be sure to have an appropriate introduction, logically reasoned arguments and a good conclusion. I am including the grading rubric so you can understand what I am looking for in your papers. You may wish to consult the Academic Resource Center in Wahlstrom Library for assistance with writing mechanics.

All papers should be first submitted online and the hard copy should include the Turnitin report screenshot. An example is shown below (This student is in big trouble!):