Health & Veritas Arthur Caplan: Medicine's Toughest Ethical Questions
Apr 25, 2024
Join bioethicist Arthur Caplan of NYU as he tackles medicine's toughest ethical dilemmas. He critiques biomedical profit motives, arguing for community-focused ethics over individualism in pandemics. Caplan reflects on his changing views regarding assisted dying and face transplants, emphasizing the need for public engagement in bioethics. The hosts also touch on malaria's global impact and the need for better funding and prevention strategies. It's a riveting discussion on how ethics can shape healthcare for the better.
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Anticipate Ethics For New Biotech
- Anticipate ethical frameworks for synthetic biology and AI before technologies diffuse widely.
- Harlan Krumholz and Arthur Caplan urge proactive ethics, testing access and benefit distribution early.
Medical Training Shaped A Career
- Arthur Caplan recounts seeing newborns denied treatment for spina bifida and Down syndrome during his medical training.
- Those clinical experiences pushed him from philosophy into applied medical ethics work.
Community Over Autonomy In Pandemics
- Bioethics must rebalance from individual autonomy toward community and justice during public health crises.
- Arthur Caplan argues COVID exposed ethical egoism and the need for community-focused ethics to protect the vulnerable.
