Arthur Caplan Quotes (10 Quotes)

It seems to me the number one vaccine policy question has as much to do with ethics as science.

Should we give away refrigerators Sure. Trips Yeah. Fur coats Who cares. But when we turn the quest for medical care into Queen for a Day, we have gone too far -- ethically. A show that gives out good medicine as a prize is immoral.

I don't think it's unethical to have a wife volunteer to have a piece of her liver given to her child or her husband. I think it's even ethical to do for friends.

Basically, you shouldn't be sending out anything until you have that letter in hand.

Bodies aren't the same as Coca-Cola cans.

Research in the past has wound up abusing, harming or hurting people. You want to stick to these regulations as carefully as possible, because they really make sure the welfare and interests of human subjects are protected.

The more you start prohibiting donors, the more you are going to have less blood in the supply. It's still not clear you can get it from blood transfusions.

If you exchange business ethics for medical ethics, this is the result. One prosecution for insider trading will have more deterrent effect than all the seminars, media reports and policy reforms combined.

It's hard to look back and remember how surprising and shocking that was -- that human beings can actually be made outside the body.

Privacy drives the concern about these databases. People are fearful that information about genetics could be used against them. The very things that make a population good to study also make it tricky.