Hastings Center for Bioethics News
- New Recommendations Address Crisis of Physician Stress
Posted on January 18, 2023
A new set of 12 recommendations for hospitals and health care institutions addresses moral stress in clinical practice and the ways that it impedes good care. The recommendations for hospital... - Special Report Calls for Improved Oversight On “Chimeric” Human-Animal Research
Posted on January 12, 2023
A new report on the ethics of crossing species boundaries by inserting human cells into (nonhuman) animals for research purposes–research surrounded by debate–makes recommendations clarifying the ethical issues and calling... - Hastings Center Cofounder Willard Gaylin (1925-2022)
Posted on January 5, 2023
Willard Gaylin, an acclaimed psychiatrist and psychoanalyst and a pioneering scholar in bioethics who co-founded The Hastings Center, died on December 30. He was 97. - Introducing Clinical Ethics Case Studies in Hastings Bioethics Forum
Posted on November 21, 2022
Each year, tens of thousands of clinical ethics case consultations are performed in hospitals around the country. These consultations respond to fraught, complex questions from patients, families, health care professionals,... - Health Care Professionals’ Burnout During Covid
Posted on November 11, 2022
Frontline physicians who cared for Covid-19 patients during the first wave of the pandemic in New York City and New Orleans reported multiple factors that contributed to their occupational stress... - A Housing Lens for Policy Ideas on Aging
Posted on October 19, 2022
Most Americans want to age in place, but that goal relies on housing affordability, accessibility, and proximity to services. A new project, led by Hastings Center research scholar Nancy Berlinger,...
