Bioethics
Caplan on “$10,000 to Abort?”
By Arthur Caplan Art Caplan has a new column up discussing the surrogacy agreement gone awry (noted by Judy Daar below) in which a surrogate was offered $10K to abort the fetus upon discovery of…
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End-of-Life
Caplan on Denial of CPR
By Arthur Caplan Art Caplan has a new column up about the recent failure of a nurse at an assisted living facility to perform CPR on an elderly resident in need, despite being instructed to…
Caplan on Denial of CPR
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Public Health
Caplan on Barring Smokers from Hospital Jobs
Art Caplan has a new opinion piece out from CNN today commenting on the decision of the Penn Health System to no longer hire smokers, which he finds ethically problematic. Take a look.
Caplan on Barring Smokers from Hospital Jobs
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Bioethics
Caplan on Morality of Flu Vaccine Mandates
By Arthur Caplan It’s password protected, but Art Caplan has a new short piece out in Clinical Therapeutics: “Morality of Influenza Vaccine Mandates.” Take a look.
Caplan on Morality of Flu Vaccine Mandates
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Disability
Playing Sports Now a Civil Right
By Arthur Caplan Art Caplan and his colleagues at the NYU Sports & Society Program have an interesting new essay up at Forbes: Obama Administration: Playing Sports Is Now A Civil Right The United States Department of Education has…
Playing Sports Now a Civil Right
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Bioethics
Tell Patients: It’s Not All About YOU
By Art Caplan [cross-posted on MedScape] This flu season is proving to be a doozy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta say that this is one of the worst flu seasons…
Tell Patients: It’s Not All About YOU
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Bioethics
‘Frankenfish’ far less scary than fast food
By Art Caplan [cross-posted from his NBCNews Vitals column] Two big events recently took place in the world of food: The Food and Drug Administration decreed that genetically engineered salmon wouldn’t harm the environment and McDonald’s announced…
‘Frankenfish’ far less scary than fast food
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Public Health
We Need to Treat Violence as Public Health Issue
By Art Caplan (cross-posted from his Vitals column on NBCNews) The mass murder of 20 children and six adults Friday in Newtown, Conn., has provoked yet another round of recrimination, finger pointing and breast-beating. Was…
We Need to Treat Violence as Public Health Issue
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Bioethics
Art Caplan: MA Should Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide
By Arthur Caplan Weighing in on Question 2, Massachusetts’ ballot initiative on physician-assisted suicide, Art Caplan says we should vote “yes”: Mass. should legalize physician-assisted suicide Of the numerous ballot initiatives that will be decided at…
Art Caplan: MA Should Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide
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Bioethics
Fixing Genes Using Cloning Techniques
By Arthur Caplan Fixing genes using cloning technique is worth the ethical risk A team of scientists at the Oregon National Primate Research Center and the Oregon Health & Science University are reporting a remarkable advance in…
Fixing Genes Using Cloning Techniques