Bücher von Arthur L. Caplan

Famed bioethicist Arthur Caplan shares his provocative opinions on all things bioethical.

Caplan It is commonly said, especially when the subject is assisted reproduction, that medical technology has out- stripped our morality. Nor is it entirely accurate to describe assisted repro- duction as technology. It is technique, more than technology, that dominates the field of assisted reproduction.

The events in Bloomington became the catalyst for action by the Reagan administration, the courts, and Congress that culminated in a federal policy that makes failure to treat newborns with disabilities a form of child neglect. This book centers on the public policy aspects of withholding treatment from critically ill newborns who are disabled.

In When Medicine Went Mad, one of the nation's leading bioethicists-and an extraordinary panel of experts and concentration camp survivors-examine problems first raised by Nazi medical experimentation that remain difficult and relevant even today.

The Schiavo case changed the decision to withhold life-prolonging nutrition and hydration which appeared to many to be as non-controversial as decisions to refuse respirators or dialysis. The ethical dilemmas that such cases pose great controversy. This work examines these dilemmas providing information and documentation from many perspectives.