Problem
17-year-old died following a motorcycle accident, and relatives need to donate his heart
1. Helen Adams is a 65-year-old, single Caucasian female with no children or family with a history of coronary artery disease, was a smoker, and now requires oxygen to breath
2. Mr west is 50 years old with a BMI of 42, a history of substance abuse, and has cardiomyopathy
3. Earl, a 42-year-old male was snow skiing nearby when he collapsed and is in cardiac arrest.
Of these three scenarios, who gets the heart?
a. Your vote decides who gets the heart; who would you choose and why?
b. How did health inequality and inequities affect your decision?
c. What ethics would you use to back up your decision?
d. Why did you not choose the other candidates?
e. Was this an easy or a difficult decision for you?
f. Would you want to serve on an ethics committee in the future? Why or why not?