This is an assignment for my nursing ethics class. I want some opinions. Please tell me how you decided.
I will post what I submitted in a few days.
You have a vaccine that cures AIDS. But you only have 7. Who do you choose?
1)
A 15 year old African American female was exposed to the virus through
her 14 year old boyfriend. She comes from a two parent, middle class
family, attends junior high school and is the fifth of nine children.
2)
A 52 year of Caucasian business executive and father of four, recently
released from a federal penitentiary where he served two years for
insider trading on the bond market, contracted the virus during a minor
medical procedure in the prison hospital. Currently, he is doing 1000
hours of community service teaching job skills and money management to
inner city youths.
3) A 35 year old Hispanic mother of one child, 5
years of age, was exposed to the virus during an emergency blood
transfusion. She has been happily married to her second husband for
three years ( her first husband, the girl's father, left the community
and maintains no contact with either of them).
4) A 40 year old
single African United Nations refugee settlement worker is responsible
for placing thousands of refugee children from war torn countries in
permanent adoptive families. A member of an African tribe that practices
polygamy, he was exposed to the virus through one of his mates. He has
many children by a number of women.
5) A 23 year old single
Caucasian female is training to become an Olympic athlete. Her family
has made great sacrifices so that she might reach her full potential as
an athlete. She is concerned that if she does not get the vaccine, she
will not be able to repay them for the sacrifices they have made.
6)
A 38 year old single Asian male is one of the few artists to have
survived the persecution in his homeland and he seeks to perpetuate the
artistic traditions of his people.
7) A 72 year old mother, grandmother and wife is the sole caretaker of her 76 year old husband who has severe arthritis.
8)
A 49 year old white woman with four children (one of whom is
developmentally disabled) is from an upper middle class background and
was probably exposed to the virus during an extramarital affair.
9)
A 56 year old Hispanic male, with a wife and seven children, was also
most likely exposed to the virus during an extramarital affair. He is a
machinist and the sole support of his family.
10) A 20 year old
single college student majoring in education has no idea how she became
exposed to the virus and has not told her family that she tests positive
for HIV.
11) An 18 month old baby was exposed to the virus
through his mother, who has a full blown case of AIDS. His father has
already died of the disease.
12) A 49 year old clergyman is the
spiritual guide to the congregants of the largest church in the state.
He has blessed thousands of babies, presided over hundreds of weddings
and funerals, and provided solace and support to countless persons who
needed it.
13) A 29 year old house husband takes care of a house
and three children while his wife attends medical school and works
part-time as a lab technician.
14) A 56 year old single Caucasian
genetic researcher is close to completing work on finding a cure for
diabetes, which has a good possibility to ultimately resulting in the
perfection of a gene-altering procedure that would rid us of the scourge
of diabetes.
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