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Identifying Allocation Criteria and the Relevant FactsName(s)Your teacher will ask you to fill in the top row of this chart with the criteria your class came upwith—one criterion in each shaded box. In the column on the left are different facts that may or maynot be relevant to the criteria. With your teacher, you will fill out the first column by placing checkmarks in the boxes next to the facts you would need to know to evaluate whether someone met thefirst criterion. Then, as homework, you will fill out the rest of the chart by looking at each criterionin the top row and checking off the facts that you think are relevant to that criterion. Be prepared toshare your completed chart during class.Note: To complete this task, you might need to consider data from Master 3.5: The Liver and Liver-Transplant Fact Sheet.PotentiallyRelevant FactsCriteria relevant to allocating liversPatient’s agePatient’s sexCause of liver failureCopyright © 2009 Education Development Center, Inc. Exploring Bioethics.Permission granted for classroom use.Patient’s other medicalconditionsCold ischemic timeCompliance withmedical requirementsafter the transplantAccess to health careWhen the patient will diewithout a transplantPatient’s careerPatient’s impact ondependentsPatient’s supportsystem at homeTime on the waiting listReflection Question: Which of these criteria (listed in the top row in the shaded cells) do you thinkare the most important? Explain your answer on the back of this page.Master 3.9