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17 Cards in this Set
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Aristotle's formal principle of justice states that you should treat cases dissimilarly...
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...in proportion to their dissimilarity
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The libertarian concept of distributive justice is based one what factor?
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ability to pay
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T/F It is illegal to pay for organs in the U.S.
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True
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Egalitarian material principles (4)
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-lottery
-need -first come, first served -equal share |
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Utilitarian material principles (4)
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-prospect of success
-number of years gained -number of lives saved -efficiency |
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T/F Many people die awaiting kidney transplant because demand far outstrips supply
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True
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As biological match has become less important in kidney transplantation with the advent of new immunosuppressive therapy, ___________ has become the highest priority in kidney allocation.
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Time on wait list
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The current kidney allocation system is a combination of _____________ and _______________.
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-first come, first served (top of the list gets the kidney)
-lottery (quality of kidney given randomly selected) |
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3 problems with the current allocation system
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-doesn't give better kidneys to younger candidates
-older more likely to get a kidney -lower SES placed on list later |
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Lung and liver transplants include a "rule of rescue" criterion. What is this?
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-risk of death while waiting on an organ is taken into account
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If failures for organ transplant exceed expected levels by _______%, a transplant center can be flagged.
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50%
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What is the UNOS proposal to improve efficiency of graft survival regarding the top 20%?
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-top 20% of kidneys go to the top 20% of those on the wait list; the remaining 80% are allocated based on time on dialysis
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What UNOS criterion was dropped for being criticized as age discriminatory?
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-kidneys for the remaining 80% are age-matched within 15 years of the recipient's age
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What are the four criterion for estimating post-transplant survival (EPTS)?
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-candidate age
-length of time on dialysis -prior transplant (any organ) -diabetes status |
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The National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA) requires allocation must take into account what two things?
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-efficiency (person and graft survival)
-equity (fair distribution) |
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The Equal Opportunity Fair Innings Proposal tries to achieve what?
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-equal likelihood that individuals in every age group will get a kidney, and that they will get a kidney that matches with their age group
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Private insurers will only pay for immunosuppressive drug therapy for transplants for __ years for anyone not 65+ or disabled
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3
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