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Art Caplan

  • Human Rights

    Art Caplan Says Vasectomy Has No Place in Plea Deal

    By Arthur Caplan Art Caplan has a new opinion piece on NBCNews on the controversy over the case of Jessie Herald, in which he was offered a plea bargain that involved sterilization for a reduced sentencing. From the…

    Art Caplan Says Vasectomy Has No Place in Plea Deal

  • Vaccines

    Caplan on Teens and Vaccines

    By Arthur Caplan Art Caplan, and his coauthor Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, have a guest column over at Daily Kos on the NY bill that would allow adolescents to receive treatment – including preventive treatment like vaccines for…

    Caplan on Teens and Vaccines

  • Bioethics

    Chip and Fish: Inadvertent Spies

    By Arthur Caplan Art Caplan has authored a new opinion piece on Bioethics.net on the issue of “chipping” human beings. From the piece: There has been a great deal of fingerpointing, second-guessing and recrimination over the decision by the…

    Chip and Fish: Inadvertent Spies

  • Bioethics

    Art Caplan: “Was Sarah Murnaghan Treated Justly?”

    By Arthur Caplan Art Caplan has coauthored a new opinion piece in the journal Pediatrics on the controversy over the case of Sarah Murnaghan, in which a federal judge ordered the Secretary of Health to place a pediatric patient on…

    Art Caplan: “Was Sarah Murnaghan Treated Justly?”

  • Bioethics

    Art Caplan on ‘Right to Try’ Law: More Cruel Than Compassionate

    By Arthur Caplan Art Caplan has a new opinion piece up at NBC News on Colorado’s new “right to try” law, which “expands access to experimental medications, making it legal for the terminally ill to seek access to drugs…

    Art Caplan on ‘Right to Try’ Law: More Cruel Than Compassionate

  • Bioethics

    Art Caplan on handshakes in medical settings

    By Arthur Caplan Art Caplan has a new opinion piece up at NBC News on the suggestion, in a recent JAMA article, that handshakes should be banned in healthcare settings. From the article: Now, the handshake ban might make…

    Art Caplan on handshakes in medical settings

  • Bioethics

    Art Caplan: Condoms Should Be Encouraged, Not Used as Evidence

    By Arthur Caplan Art Caplan has a new opinion piece up at NBC News on the increasing use of condoms as evidence of a crime by police in the United States. From the article: Why do we shoot…

    Art Caplan: Condoms Should Be Encouraged, Not Used as Evidence

  • Bioethics

    Art Caplan on “Pediatric Euthanasia in Belgium: Disturbing Developments”

    By Arthur Caplan Art Caplan has coauthored a new piece in JAMA on problems with Belgium’s new law allowing terminally-ill children and their families to choose euthanasia. From the article: The Belgian pediatric euthanasia law seeks…

    Art Caplan on “Pediatric Euthanasia in Belgium: Disturbing Developments”

  • Bioethics

    It’s Doctors’ Duty to Promote Gun Safety With Patients

    By Arthur Caplan Art Caplan has a new opinion piece up at Medscape: “It’s Doctors’ Duty to Promote Gun Safety With Patients.” From the article: There is a huge problem with guns in the United…

    It’s Doctors’ Duty to Promote Gun Safety With Patients

  • Bioethics

    Art Caplan: #SaveJosh? Maybe, but What about the Rest?

    By Arthur Caplan Art Caplan has a new opinion piece up at MSNBC on the #SaveJosh social campaign that is seeking to get a young cancer patient access to an experimental drug under compassionate use…

    Art Caplan: #SaveJosh? Maybe, but What about the Rest?