CAPLAN, Arthur L(eonard)

CAPLAN, Arthur L(eonard). American, b. 1950. Genres: Humanities, Medicine/Health. Career: Columbia University, NYC, associate for social medicine, 1978-81 (instructor, School of Public Health, 1977-78; associate director, associate for the humanities, Hastings Center, 1977-87); University of Pittsburgh, visiting associate professor, 1986; University of Minnesota professor of philosophy, professor of surgery, and director, Center for Biomedical Ethics, 1987-94; University of Pennsylvania, trustee professor of bioethics, and director, Center for Bioethics, Medical Center, Division of Bioethics, chief, 1994-. Publications: Beyond Baby M, 1990; Everyday Ethics: Resolving Dilemmas in Nursing Home Life, 1990; When Medicine Went Mad, 1992; If I Were a Rich Man Could I Buy a Pancreas and Other Essays on Medical Ethics, 1992; Prescribing Our Future, 1993; Moral Matters, 1995; Due Consideration: Controversy in an Age of Medical Miracles, 1997; Am I My Brother's Keeper?, 1998; The Ethics of Organ Transplants: The Current Debate, 1999; Finding Common Ground, 2001; Who Owns Life?, 2002. EDITOR: The Sociobiology Debate, 1978; (with H.T. Engelhardt Jr.) Concepts of Health and Disease: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 1980; (with D. Callahan) Ethics in Hard Times, 1981; In Search of Equity, 1983; (with B. Jennings) Darwin, Marx and Freud: Their Influence on Moral Theory, 1983; Scientific Controversies, 1985; (with T.H. Murray) Which Babies Shall Live?, 1985; (with R.A. Kane) Resolving Dilemmas in Nursing Home Life, 1989. Contributor to professional journals. Address: Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 3401 Market St Ste 320, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3308, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]; [email protected]