Hastings Center for Bioethics News
- Ravitsky Appointed to AI Initiative
Posted on June 21, 2023
The National Academy of Medicine has appointed Hastings Center president-designate Vardit Ravitsky to a new initiative aiming to ensure the safe, ethical, reliable, and equitable use of artificial intelligence in... - Gender-Affirming Care for Cisgender People: Q&A with Theodore Schall and Jacob Moses
Posted on June 14, 2023
The term “gender-affirming care” is almost always applied to treatment for transgender people, but an article in the current issue of the Hastings Center Report argues that such care predominates... - Hastings Center Welcomes 2023-2024 Sadler Scholars
Posted on May 30, 2023
The Hastings Center has selected six doctoral students in fields such as population health, social ethics, and sociology as the 2023-24 Sadler Scholars. The Sadler Scholars are a select group... - Abortion Miscoding—Legal Risks for Clinicians and Hospital Systems
Posted on May 26, 2023
A new commentary considers the legal risks that physicians and health care facilities may incur when they miscode patients’ medical records to conceal an abortion. The article, published in JAMA,... - Johnston Elected to International Association of Bioethics Board
Posted on May 23, 2023
Josephine Johnston, a senior research scholar at The Hastings Center, was elected to the board of the International Association of Bioethics. Johnston, who is based in New Zealand, will represent... - What Remains of the Constitutional Right to Refuse Treatment?
Posted on May 16, 2023
The Supreme Court’s 1990 decision in Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, recognized an individual constitutional right to decline life-sustaining medical treatment. The Court reinforced that right a few...
