Question: How Do You Feel About Expending Our Limited Resources On Those Who Are Not U.S. Citizens And Live In Other Countries When They Cannot Afford Their Own Care? Why? Should The Hospital Concentrate On Allocating Its Resources To U.S. Citizens, The Population For Which They Are Most Responsible? What Ethical Principles Are Involved In Limiting Care To Foreign …

How do you feel about expending our limited resources on those who are not U.S. citizens and live in other countries when they cannot afford their own care? Why? Should the hospital concentrate on allocating its resources to U.S. citizens, the population for which they are most responsible? What ethical principles are involved in limiting care to foreign nationals without insurance? What if they did have insurance or a source of funding that could pay for their care. What is the principle of distributive justice? How does it enter into the decision to treat a young child from a 3rd world country for a correction of a birth defect, spina bifida occulta? What might be a long-term solution to the problem of returning patients to substandard conditions in their homes?