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Criteria relevant to allocating liversPotentiallyRelevant FactsWill likely live longestIs sickestIs youngestIs most valuableto societyIs least responsible forliver diseaseWins a random lotteryWaited longest fora liver2. Explain that, as homework, students will need to decide whichfacts in the left-hand column are relevant to each criterion listedacross the top, and that they should place a check mark in thoseboxes where the fact is relevant.See Teacher Support MaterialsA sample answer key for Master 3.9 is available online athttp://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/bioethics/teacher.3. Complete the first column together as a full class. Then, tellstudents to complete the chart and answer the reflectionquestion at home and come to the next class ready to sharetheir charts and insights.Activity 7:Identifying the Stakeholders—Who or What CouldBe Affected by the Way the Question Gets Resolved?Estimated Time: less than 5 minutesProcedure1. Tell students that they have now seen that determining whoreceives an organ depends on the allocation policy.For example, a policy that prioritizes giving the liver to the sickestbenefits some patients, whereas a policy that prioritizes giving the liverto the one likely to live the longest benefits others.2. Ask students, “Are there other people besides the patientsthemselves who are stakeholders in this decision? Who?”Students should identify parents, children, other family members,employers, and so on. The goal is simply for students to realize that thepatients are not the only people who will be affected by the decision.3-20Exploring Bioethics