Ethics question

Thread Starter Ethics question Follow 2 hours ago 2h ago Quote: Originally Posted by Student user How would you answer this question:You have one dialysis machine to share between three patients with equal medical need. One is a 17-year-old drug addict who has just overdosed, one is a 40-year old woman with terminal breast cancer and only 6 months of life expectancy, the third one is a 70-year old marathon runner. Who gets the machine? Well, how would you answer it? It would be much more helpful to have a go first, then we can work through it on here.
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