Posted: April 25th, 2025

week 11 legal

Review the case study at the following linke and reply to the questions at the end of the case. 

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*Download the Justice Exercise from Blackboard

*Share your thoughts and conclusions with the class, citing our course materials to support your thoughts and conclusions.

Scenario 1: Justice and Age

Should an 89-year-old patient get a heart transplant because he or she is higher on the waiting list to receive a heart transplant than a 10-year-old girl?

Scenario 1: Justice and Age
Should a pregnant 39-year-old single parent get a heart transplant because he or she is higher on the waiting list to receive a heart transplant than a 10-year-old boy?

Scenario 2: Justice: Disaster Patients:
Who Gets Treated First?
Room #1: Severely injured patients not expected to live
Room #2: Severely injured patients most likely to live if treated
Room #3: Injured patients who will live but will suffer varying degrees of disability if not treated promptly

Scenario 2: Justice: Emergency Care
Two patients are in critical condition. Who gets treated first?
First patient who walks through the door
Younger patient
Patient most likely to survive
Patient who can pay for services
Patient with most serious condition

Scenario 3: Justice: Scarce Resources
What happens when resources are scarce and only one of two patients can be treated?
What should be the determining factors?
Age
Position in life
Patient wishes