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University of Pennsylvania
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Email: wolpep@mail.med.upenn.edu

Full CV

Homepage: http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/bioethic/center/people/wolpe.shtml

Education:

1979 B.A. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

1987 Ph.D. Yale University, New Haven, CT

Research:

• Medical Sociology
• Sociology of Bioethics
• Deviance and Social Control
• Sociology of Religon
• Sociology of Knowledge and Science

Selected Publications:

2003 Wolpe, P.R. “Better than Well: American Medicine Meets the American Dream” (Book Review), American Journal of Bioethics, 3(3): 68 -69 Ziv, A, Wolpe, P.R., Small,

2003 S.D., Glick, S. Simulation-Based Medical Education: An Ethical Analysis. Academic Medicine,78: 783-788.

2003 Foster, K.R., Wolpe, PR, Caplan, A. “Bioethics and the Brain” IEEE Spectrum June: 34-39.

2003 Farah, M., Wolpe, PR, Caplan, AL.: “Brain Research and Neuroethics.” Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law and Society Journal Issue of the Month, http://www.ccels.cardiff.ac.uk/issue.html.

2003 Wolpe, P.R. “The Predicate Question” in David Guinn, (ed.), Faith at the Frontiers: A Reader in Religion and Public Bioethics (forthcoming, 2003)

2003 Wolpe, P.R. “Neuroethics.” Encyclopedia of Bioethics (Forthcoming, 2003)

2003 Wolpe, P.R. “The Holocaust and Bioethics.” Encyclopedia of Bioethics (Forthcoming, 2003)

2003 Blank, M.B., Lorion, R.P., Wolpe. P.R. “Ethical Considerations in Prevention” Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention. New York: Kluwer: 69-79.

2002 Wolpe, P.R. “Neurotechnology, Cyborgs, and the Sense of Self.” In Steven J. Marcus (ed.), Neuroethics: Mapping the Field. New York: Dana Pres.

2002 Gur, R., Moberg, P., and Wolpe, P.R. Ethical Issues in Neuropsychology in Psychiatric Settings. In Shane Bush and Michael Drexler (eds.), Ethical issues in Clinical Neuropsychology. Lisse, The Netherlands: Swets & Zeitlinger.

2002 Wolpe, P.R. "Forming New Relationships.” In Behoref Hayamim-In the Winter of Life: A Values-Based Jewish Guide for Decision-Making at the End of Life. Wyncote, PA: Reconstructionist Rabbinical College Press: 25-39.

2002 Wolpe, P.R. "Families and Treatment Decisions." In Behoref Hayamim-In the Winter of Life: A Values-Based Jewish Guide for Decision-Making at the End of Life. Wyncote, PA: Reconstructionist Rabbinical College Press: 63-77.

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