title: Which of two individuals do you treat when only their ages are different and you can't treat both?
abstract: A relative value of life dependent on age has been produced from a survey of 721 randomly selected individuals together with other observations of professional practice. The results are presented in diagrammatic form. If two identical people, except for age, present for medical treatment for a life-threatening condition and only one can be treated then the diagram indicates what the choice should be.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Computing and Statistics, University of Wales College of Medicine.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Charny
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D018579:Patient Selection; D037841:Pregnant People; D040841:Resource Allocation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013812:Therapeutics / Q000592:standards*; D026712:Value of Life