1. RESOURCE ALLOCATION EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION AND JUSTICE

2. STANDARDS FOR ALLOCATION ARBITRARY –AGE –PERSONAL WEALTH –RESOURCE LOTTERY –SOCIAL LOTTERY NATURAL –FINITUDE –BENEFIT TO PATIENT –PATIENT SELF-RESTRAINT IN DECISION MAKING

3. LIMITATIONS ON RESOURCES FUTILE TREATMENT COSTWORTHY TREATMENT –SUFFICIENT BENEFITS FOR BURDENS SOURCE OF TREATMENT OTHER SOCIETAL PRIORITIES WEIGHING ALTERNATIVES

4. PUBLIC POLICY DECISIONS DECISIONS ABOUT CATEGORIES OF PATIENTS DRIVEN BY SOCIAL UTILITIES CAUTION ABOUT SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS

5. PATIENT SELF-RESTRAINT PATIENT VALUES EXERCISE OF AUTONOMY REFUSAL OF TREATMENT –CHOICES AMONG ALTERNATIVES IMPORTANCE OF INFORMED CONSENT

6. DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS FOR PATIENTS CLEARLY BENEFICIAL NO BENEFIT (FUTILE) BURDENS OUTWEIGH BENEFITS (INADVISABLE) COSTWORTHINESS IMPORTANCE OF REALISTIC ASSESSMENT OF BENEFITS

7. OREGON’S CRITERIA FOR ALLOCATION INCREASE LONGEVITY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE –RESTORE CONSCIOUSNESS –ALLEVIATE PAIN –ALLOW FOR INDEPENDENCE OF FUNCTION –IMPROVE “CARABILITY” EFFICIENCY (UTILITARIAN CONSIDERATIONS) EQUITY –TREAT SIMILAR CASES SIMILARLY –UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO A BASIC SET OF CARE