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SHOULD not BE PRIORITISED ACCORDING TO Equal Access Doctor or Arbiter? Conclusion Right to risky behaviour The health practitioner must play an inappropriate role of judging lifestyle factors and their contribution to a patients illness. FOR AGAINST Strengths of this argument: We want to avoid undermining of the doctor-patient relationship, otherwise; -Patients may lose trust & withhold information (1,2) -It is more difficult for the doctor to do the best by the individual or for the greater good (2,3) Each person should be considered of equal worth and given equal access to health care, regardless of variable need. FOR: Egalitarianism: Scarce resources should be allocated on an equal and fair basis (3). Deontology: It is the doctors duty to provide their patients access to health care that they need, regardless of their background. Beneficence: act for the good of others, i.e. every patient who wishes to have a transplant should receive one Non-Maleficence: Denial of access to organs based on lifestyle factors could cause considerable harm to the patient (6). Universality: If organ transplants are prioritised based on lifestyle, then all health care should be prioritised accordingly. This is unfeasible. AGAINST: Justice: Equal access if not always just; “equals should be treated equally and unequals should be treated unequally. (7)” When resources are limited, it is necessary to define certain circumstances under which a person may not be considered equally (3). Utilitarianism: Priorities must be set to obtain the best outcomes for the greatest amount of people. Strengths of this argument: There are many other non-controllable factors that may contribute to the disease, making it impossible to allocate the organ fairly (1,2). The argument of utilitarianism in undermined as a characteristic of this principle is impartiality: each person’s welfare counts equal. Weaknesses of this argument: It is argued that people who participate in risky health behavior are contributing to their illness, therefore could be considered as unequal - according to the principles of justice (3,8,9). To whom should we do good? Giving an organ to a patient with an unhealthy lifestyle means someone else will miss out (9). Juliette Roex, Emma Lane, Kate Seagrim, Ned Young, Jaya Lindsay organ transplants lifestyle factors Demand Supply Who should receive the organ? For Against Non- Maleficence Respect for Autonomy Deontology Utilitarianism There is a personal right to engage in risky behaviour and individuals should not be punished for their lifestyle choices. FOR AGAINST For Against Universality Respect for Autonomy Utilitarianism Respect for autonomy: Patient has the right to make their own choices, even if they are harmful. Universality: Lower priority due to poor lifestyle choices in unethical unless it is made consistent across all voluntary health risks - eg. Lower priority for injuries due to dangerous sport or occupation (4). Utilitarianism: A transplant could do more good in a patient who does not undertake risky behaviour (5). Deontology: The doctor’s duty is to treat patients, irrespective of the cause of illness. Respect for Autonomy: Patient has a right to make decisions for themselves. Non-Maleficence: Refusing to treat a patient based on past lifestyle choices is doing harm. Utilitarianism: Judgments by the doctor may result in greater good for a greater number of people. Thorough research has revealed strong arguments on both sides of this debate. We believe the arguments against the use of lifestyle factors in prioritisation of organ transplants are more strongly supported by a wide range of ethical principles. Deontology supports that it is not the doctor’s role to choose who lives and dies, but to treat each individual patient equally. Autonomy validates one’s choice to live and enjoy life’s risks, as well as a patient’s right to request treatment. To deny a patient treatment due to their lifestyle choices is not in the patient’s best interests and causes them harm, thus opposing the principals of beneficence and non-maleficence. We believe a system for prioritisation of organ transplants should based on other factors, such as the likelihood of benefit for the patient and the urgency of treatment. Egalitarianism Group 09 Strengths of this argument: Society places a high value on individual freedom, and prioritisation of healthcare based on personal lifestyle choices is a direct contradiction of this. Given that any life is likely to involve some health-risk --> where will we draw the line?

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