You are a member of a hospital resource allocation committee that must

decide which three out of seven critical patients will receive immediate

live-saving surgery. The hospital has resources to save just three of the

seven, but without surgery, all seven patients will die. The situation is

further complicated by the fact that a blizzard is raging outside, and none

of the patients can be transferred to another hospital. All seven are too

critically ill to be moved by snowmobile.

Using your group discussion board, decide what criteria will be used to make the decisions (consider age, social standing, the benefit to society, lifestyle, the degree of physical deterioration, etc.)