Medscape Close-Up with Art Caplan

• Obesity Research May Shed New Light on Weight Loss   Art Caplan and obesity expert Judith Korner discuss the science behind emerging strategies aimed at helping your patients lose weight.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, July 06, 2015
• When Families and Hospital Docs Disagree   In many hospital care situations, family members disagree with each other or with physicians over recommended treatment. What's an effective way to solve this problem?
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 07, 2015
• Where Are We Going With Healthcare Reform?   Art Caplan and James Tallon discuss their view of changes in the past 5 to 6 years, the route we have to take going forward, and the role of physicians in achieving improvements.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, April 14, 2015
• Psychodrama, Role-Play, and Social Networks   Bioethicist Art Caplan interviews Jonathan Moreno, whose psychiatrist father was one of the pioneers of psychodrama. He compares this to the role of social networks.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, March 13, 2015
• Perils and Pluses of 'Compassionate Use'   When a person is dying, there may be lots of pressure to give access to drugs still in development. This happened during the recent Ebola outbreak. But there are serious pros and cons to doing this.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, January 06, 2015
• How Healthcare Reform Handcuffs Doctors, Creates Issues   Too much data entry; continuing worries about malpractice, and the push to squeeze costs are among the challenges that physicians continue to wrestle with.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, November 12, 2014
• Do We Still Need the VA? Or Is It Getting a Bad Rap?   Bioethicist Art Caplan asks Dr Dave Chokshi, an expert on VA issues, about the VA's recent challenges and whether the situation is fixable.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, October 16, 2014
• Have We Overlooked Palliative Care?   Palliative care is not just for patients in hospice, explains Dr. Diane Meier; good palliative care can help relieve the suffering of people with chronic or disabling illnesses.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, September 25, 2014
• Are We Overprotecting Kids From School Problems?   Glenn Saxe, MD, child psychiatrist, shares provocative opinions about the mental health of youth, and how we may be overprotecting kids and giving them too much medication.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, July 23, 2014
• Is There Still a Place for 'Paternalistic' Doctors?   Art Caplan speaks with ethicist and author Dr. Barron Lerner about his new book, his physician father, and how medical ethics have changed over the years.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, July 08, 2014
• How Doctors Can Help Prevent Unnecessary Deaths   Art Caplan speaks with ethicist and author Dr. Barron Lerner about a tragic accident and the lessons it holds for society.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, June 20, 2014
• NCAA Physician: Concussion Danger in Sports Besides Football   Dr. Brian Hainline, first Chief Medical Officer of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, says concussion is the 'elephant in the room' and poses a danger in many sports, not just football.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 29, 2014
• To Vaccinate or Not: Calming Worried Parents   Dr. Paul Offit discusses the consequences of nonvaccination and offers practical suggestions for responding to parents who choose to not vaccinate their children.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, April 10, 2014
• Face Transplant Doc: Challenges in Repairing Destroyed Faces   World-famous doctor Eduardo Rodriguez describes the deep emotional issues that arise when transplanting a donor face to a patient, the possibility of female-to-male face transplants, and more.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, March 07, 2014
• Suspecting That Your Patient Is Violent or Mentally Ill   There are times when a primary care physician or specialist worries that a patient might be mentally ill or violent. Noted psychiatrist Paul Appelbaum, MD, talks about what to do.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, February 04, 2014
• Ethical Issues That Keep Him Up at Night -- Dr. James Grifo A leading infertility expert talks to bioethicist Art Caplan about key issues: what age is too old to have a baby, deciding to keep or destroy a undesirable embryo, and more.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, December 11, 2013
• What Doctors Should Expect Now: Pros and Cons   Dr. Boufford talks about some impending hurdles that doctors face, including a spate of newly insured patients, necessity to expand their practice hours, and others.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, November 01, 2013