Due Consideration: Controversy in the Age of Medical Miracles

by Arthur L. Caplan

This book explores the ethical challenges posed at the cutting edge of biomedical science and health care. Art Caplan, one of the nation's leading theorists, clearly outlines the newest technologies and developments in medical research, then thoughtfully sorts through the potential ethical, legal, and social repercussions. He examines a huge number of the most current and controversial subjects--abortion, cloning, managed care, needle exchange programs to prevent the transmission of HIV, and much more.

Art Caplan makes his mark as one of today's leading ethicists with this powerful exploration of the moral dilemmas humanity must face in the advancement of biomedical science and health care. After outlining the newest technologies and developments in medical research, he thoughtfully sorts through the potential ethical, legal, and social repercussions of cloning, abortion, assisted suicide, and needle exchange programs. No other book combines such probing analytical clarity.

296 pages, Paperback

First published October 30, 1997

About the author

Arthur L. Caplan is Director of the Division of Medical Ethics in the Department of Population Health at New York University's Langone Medical Center.

Reviews

[Joan]

This would be an excellent index to much of the rest of Caplan's scholarship. It is made up of brief, very high level summaries of many of the various ethical issues that arise (have arisen) in public discussion. Unfortunately it lacks references and thus it has to be read with easy access to a search engine so that more details are available to better understand the issue.