Deciding the Criteria Is Not Enough: Moral Issues to Consider for a Fair Allocation of Scarce ICU Resources

Priorities in the allocation of scarce resources.

The authors report and comment on student reactions to a clinical example of moral choice in the microallocation of scarce resources. Four patients require dialysis simultaneously, but only one kidney machine is available. What moral, as opposed to clinical, criteria are available to determine who should have priority?

Tackling HIV in MENA: Talk Is Not Enough–It Is Time for Bold Actions: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Allocation of Scarce Resources – Jewish Perspectives

Rapid developments in medicine and medical technology during recent years have created a variety of ethical dilemmas including the allocation of limited or scarce resources such as money, instruments, medications, health-care facilities, time and manpower. This is quite a new dilemma, which has been created due to the advancements in very expensive scientific and technological measures. No coun...

Title of dissertation : ALLOCATION ALGORITHMS FOR NETWORKS WITH SCARCE RESOURCES

Title of dissertation: ALLOCATION ALGORITHMS FOR NETWORKS WITH SCARCE RESOURCES Kanthi K. Sarpatwar, Doctor of Philosophy, 2015 Dissertation directed by: Professor Samir Khuller Department of Computer Science Many fundamental algorithmic techniques have roots in applications to computer networks. We consider several problems that crop up in wireless ad hoc networks, sensor networks, P2P network...

Governing the allocation of scarce resources: is health care no longer a special case?

Health care rationing has always been seen as a wicked problem, somehow special and not subject to the same rules of engagement as other policy areas. The article by Philip Sax makes a strong contribution by placing one prominent part of rationing, determination of a national drug formulary, into the larger political economy context of Israeli policy making. While one can argue with some of Sax...