Arthur Caplan

Arthur Caplan is the director of the division of medical ethics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

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The Only Way to Get the U.S. Back to Work

The CDC just announced new guidelines for “critical” employees to return to work after possible COVID-19 exposure. Take your temperature often. Wear a mask. Stay 6 ft. away from others when possible. Go home if...

By Arthur Caplan and Robert Bazell

Quarantine Is Being Used to Manage Fear, Not Ebola

Not only is quarantine not needed for responsible people and health workers who self-monitor, if enforced it will do far more harm than good

By Arthur Caplan

Brain Death Really Is Death

Concepts matter in medicine. This could not be more obvious than in the utter confusion on display over the concepts of ‘brain death’ and ‘life support technology’ that has resulted in two dead bodies being...

By Arthur Caplan and David Magnus
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