Health Sciences 2610F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Lung Transplantation, Resource Allocation, Pulmonary Hypertension
13 Apr 2018
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According to aristotle"s concept of distributive justice, unequal allocation of resources that are scarce is justified if there is a need or likelihood of benefit. Despite the court"s lack of involvement in this, there is an expectation to show allegiance to their patients and not allocate based on irrelevant factors. A doctor has one matching donor w/ 2 lungs to go to one patient. Resource allocation the distribution of goods and service to programs and people. Commodity scarcity shortage of finite resource because of natural limits to the availability of that resource. (ex. Fiscal scarcity shortage of funds. (ex. It is important due to the rising expectations from the public and professionals, an increase in treatable patients and costly new technologies, in competition w/ budgets and provincial deficits. Made at the level of institutions (i. e. Made by the federal, provincial, and municipal governments. How much priority should we give to treating the sickest or most disabled patients? .
