Operation transplant - case analysis
1. Of course that in this kind of situation the decision making process is more than difficult. It has to be meticulously analyzed . The biggest problem is the fact that you are in the position “to play God” as mentioned in the text and you don’t have too many alternatives to choose from . You just have to make a ranking because maybe the next day a liver will be available and the surgeons must know to whom that liver will be implanted. Even if in the text is mentioned that the greatest likelihood is to save three patients at the most they don’t specify if they all have the same compatibility profile or not. For the sake of the exercise i am going in the following to state the ranking.
Factors that i believe are important to take in consideration when deciding: probability of the recurrence of the disease . At this point in the text is mentioned that all are having similar changes to survive ( 80 to 85%). choosing the sickest person from the list ( at this point also in text is mentioned that they all have the same chances to survive without a transplant ( three to six months) the initial moment when they were first placed on the list. This is a common selecting method worldwide for establish whom is going to receive an organ. Still the text don’t provide us any data in this direction the number of people whose well being depend on the person in line the age of the people whom depend on that person and their chances in being self-sustained. the probability that the person will continue to have bad habits after the surgery , habits that will jeopardize the transplant success rate in some countries ( Australia for instance ) it is taken in consideration the ability of the patient to pay for the procedure. I don’t agree with this approach mainly because in this scenario for al patients the procedure is supported by the National Insurance House.
Taking this facts in consideration, my ranking will be :
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Factors that i believe are important to take in consideration when deciding: probability of the recurrence of the disease . At this point in the text is mentioned that all are having similar changes to survive ( 80 to 85%). choosing the sickest person from the list ( at this point also in text is mentioned that they all have the same chances to survive without a transplant ( three to six months) the initial moment when they were first placed on the list. This is a common selecting method worldwide for establish whom is going to receive an organ. Still the text don’t provide us any data in this direction the number of people whose well being depend on the person in line the age of the people whom depend on that person and their chances in being self-sustained. the probability that the person will continue to have bad habits after the surgery , habits that will jeopardize the transplant success rate in some countries ( Australia for instance ) it is taken in consideration the ability of the patient to pay for the procedure. I don’t agree with this approach mainly because in this scenario for al patients the procedure is supported by the National Insurance House.
Taking this facts in consideration, my ranking will be :
1 ) Sara Y – even if she states that 7
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