Arthur Caplan
Arthur Caplan | |
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| Born | 1950 (age 74–75) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Brandeis University (BA) Columbia University (MA, MPhill, PhD) |
| Spouses | Jane Stojak Meg O’Shea |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Bioethics |
| Institutions | New York University Grossman School of Medicine Division of Medical Ethics University of Pennsylvania University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Hastings Center |
| Doctoral advisor | Ernest Nagel Sidney Morgenbesser |
| Website | Official website |
| External videos | |
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| “The Ethics of Genetically Engineering Children”, Arthur Caplan, December 2, 2008 | |
| ”Dying in a Democracy”, Arthur Caplan, March 2013 | |
| ”Organ Harvest in China and Killing on Demand ”, Arthur Caplan, April 3, 2012 |
Arthur L. Caplan (born 1950) is an American ethicist and professor of bioethics at New York University Grossman School of Medicine.
He is known for his contributions to the U.S. public policy, including: helping to found the National Marrow Donor Program; creating the policy of required request in cadaver organ donation adopted throughout the United States; helping to create the system for distributing organs in the U.S.; and advising on the content of the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, rules governing living organ donation, and legislation and regulation in many other areas of health care including blood safety and compassionate use.