Healthcare Equality
Professor of Law and Medicine Alex Capron talks about what he calls the "social obligation" to establish a healthcare system to which every American has equal access.
Drug Companies and Research
Professor of Law and Medicine Alex Capron talks about the ethics challenges that arise when drug companies do clinical research. One example that Professor Capron discusses concerns compensation that participating physicians receive from drug compan...
Physician-Assisted Death
Professor of Law and Medicine Alex Capron talks about ethical issues pertaining to physician-assisted death. He explains why he is opposed to it, arguing that what we should be doing instead is finding ways to make dying less painful and more humane.
AIDS Research and Treatment
Professor of Law and Medicine Alex Capron talks about some of the ethical issues surrounding research into drugs used in the treatment of AIDS. Professor Capron explores the question of whether it's ethically correct to do experimental research when...
Privatization of Healthcare, The
Professor of Law and Medicine Alex Capron talks about ethical lapses that sometimes take place because of the increasingly bottom line orientation of modern hospitals.
Right to Know, The
Professor of Law and Medicine Alex Capron talks about the conflict between an individual's interest in keeping sensitive information private, and the interest others may have--some of it legitimate, some of it not--in gaining access to that informat...
Gene Therapy (Part Two)
Professor of Law and Medicine Alex Capron talks about the danger in assuming that if we know an individual's genetic blueprint, we know the individual. He reminds us that, as important as genetic structure may be, ultimately the individual is the pr...
Gene Therapy (Part One)
Professor of Law and Medicine Alex Capron talks about the importance of not discriminating against those who have been diagnosed with a genetic predisposition that may or may not develop into the illness or condition for which the predisposition exi...
Who Decides? (Part Two)
Professor of Law and Medicine Alex Capron talks about another aspect of the "who decides?" question--namely, who decides what is health and illness? He then explores a related issue: should access to treatment be greater for those who have a disease...
Advanced Directives
Professor of Law and Medicine Alex Capron talks about the value and importance of communicating one's wishes in advance concerning end-of-life issues and decisions.