About León R. Kass is a scholar working on
General Health Professions ,
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and
Molecular Biology .
According to data from OpenAlex, León R. Kass has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in
General Health Professions , 10 papers in
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 4 papers in
Molecular Biology . Recurrent topics in León R. Kass's work include
Ethics in medical practice (9 papers),
Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (5 papers) and
Organ Donation and Transplantation (4 papers). León R. Kass is often cited by papers focused on Ethics in medical practice (9 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (5 papers) and Organ Donation and Transplantation (4 papers). León R. Kass collaborates with scholars based in
United States . León R. Kass's co-authors include
Konrad E. Bloch ,
D. J. H. Brock ,
Michael B. Yarmolinsky ,
Alexander Morgan Capron ,
James Q. Wilson ,
Carlos F. Gómez ,
Judah L. Rosner ,
Alastair V. Campbell ,
Robert S. Morison and
Ruth Macklin and has published in prestigious journals such as
Science ,
New England Journal of Medicine and
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .
Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Co-Authors Works Peers León R. Kass
Comparison fields: 5 of 144 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 486 General Health Professions 416 Molecular Biology 379 Cognitive Neuroscience 360 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 181 Clinical Psychology 177 Philosophy 160 Sociology and Political Science 157 Reproductive Medicine 129 Genetics 122 Physiology 105 Psychiatry and Mental health 74 Social Psychology 72 Materials Chemistry 67 Spectroscopy 61 Astronomy and Astrophysics 57 Political Science and International Relations 49 Economics and Econometrics 49 Biochemistry 48 Ecology 42 Surgery 38 Aging 34 Pharmacology 33 Pharmacy 33 Biomedical Engineering 31 Plant Science 26 Religious studies 26 Literature and Literary Theory 25 Clinical Biochemistry 25 Cell Biology 24 History and Philosophy of Science 24 Neurology 23 History 23 Molecular Medicine 23 Health 22 Demography 22 Organic Chemistry 20 Epidemiology 19 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 19 Complementary and alternative medicine 17 Safety Research 16 Food Science 16 Law 16 Nutrition and Dietetics 15 Education 15 Cultural Studies 15 Developmental and Educational Psychology 15 Applied Psychology 15 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 14 Gender Studies 14 Infectious Diseases 13 Oncology 13 Microbiology 13 Endocrinology 13 Archeology 13 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 12 Transplantation 12 Emergency Medicine 12 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 11 Nature and Landscape Conservation 11 Biotechnology 11 Information Systems and Management 11 Cancer Research 11 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 9 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 9 Neurology 9 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 9 Information Systems 9 Developmental Neuroscience 9 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 8 Management of Technology and Innovation 8 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 Pharmacology 7 Anthropology 7 Communication 7 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 7 Geography, Planning and Development 6 Pollution 5 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 5 Immunology 5 Emergency Medical Services 5 Insect Science 5 Business and International Management 4 Artificial Intelligence 4 Public Administration 4 Human-Computer Interaction 4 Global and Planetary Change 4 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 Parasitology 4 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 Sensory Systems 3 Language and Linguistics 3 Toxicology 3 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 3 Small Animals 3 Computational Theory and Mathematics 3 Marketing 3 Speech and Hearing 2 Strategy and Management 2 Nephrology 2 Atmospheric Science 2 Environmental Engineering 2 Classics 2 Pharmaceutical Science 2 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 Urban Studies 2 Mechanical Engineering 2 Finance 2 General Social Sciences 2 Condensed Matter Physics 2 Modeling and Simulation 2 Family Practice 2 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 2 Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 Library and Information Sciences 1 Developmental Biology 1 Management Science and Operations Research 1 Polymers and Plastics 1 Accounting 1 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 Control and Systems Engineering 1 Animal Science and Zoology 1 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1 Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 Rheumatology 1 Health Information Management 1 Biomaterials 1 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 Dermatology 1 Museology 1 Oceanography 1 Biophysics 1 Ocean Engineering 1 Statistics and Probability 1 Environmental Chemistry 1 Geochemistry and Petrology 1 Occupational Therapy 1 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 Inorganic Chemistry 1 Linguistics and Language 1 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 Aerospace Engineering 1
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 486 General Health Professions 416 Molecular Biology 379 Cognitive Neuroscience 360 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 181 Patricia A. King United States
Thomas Douglas United Kingdom
Jennifer Ruth Fosket United States
Martyn Pickersgill United Kingdom
Carl Elliott United States
Hannah Landecker United States
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All Works Load more (20 of 63) # Work Indexed citations 1 5 2 Beyond therapy : biotechnology and the pursuit of happiness : areport of the President's Council on Bioethics
2005 · Medical Entomology and Zoology · León R. Kass ,
(unknown) 65 3 Being human : core readings in the humanities : readings from the president's Council on Bioethics
5 4 24 5 0 6 The wisdom of repugnance: why we should ban the cloning of humans.
89 7 Courting death: assisted suicide, doctors, and the law.
3 8 5 9 Intelligence and the Social Scientist.
1 10 David A. J. Richards
0 11 "I will give no deadly drug." Why doctors must not kill.
18 12 Suicide made easy: the evil of "rational" humaneness.
2 13 1 14 Eutanasia y autonomía de la persona: vivir y morir con dignidad
1 15 Toward a More Natural Science: Biology and Human Affairs
1985 · DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) · León R. Kass 85 16 6 17 6 18 2 19 41 20 54
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