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Fair allocation of medical resources prioritizes maximizing benefits (saving the most lives and life-years), treating patients equally, rewarding instrumental value (e.g., prioritizing healthcare workers), and giving preference to the worst-off. Key principles include urgency of need, likelihood of benefit, and avoiding discrimination based on social worth or non-medical factors.In practice, use multi-principle frameworks: maximize outcomes, apply random selection for similar cases, and ensure transparency.For details, see Emanuel et al. in NEJM: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb2005114 and AMA guidelines: https://code-medical-ethics.ama-assn.org/ethics-opinions/allocating-limited-health-care-resources. (128 words)
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