Hastings Center for Bioethics News
- Tribute to Eric Cassell
Posted on October 13, 2021
Eric Cassell, a pioneer in patient-centered care and a Hastings founding fellow and former board member, wrote prolifically on medicine’s moral issues and care of the dying. - Genomics, Human Behavior, and Social Outcomes: A Discussion for Journalists
Posted on October 13, 2021
New research on genomic influences on human traits such as intelligence, educational attainment, household income, and sexual behavior is newsworthy and of high public interest. But covering the research findings... - Winning Essay: “Moral Bioenhancement as Potential Means of Oppression”
Posted on October 6, 2021
Faced with existential threats such as climate change, some scholars argue that “moral bioenhancements,” including psychotropics drugs and other interventions, are needed to improve our collective moral capacity to do... - Crisis Standards of Care: New in the Hastings Center Report
Posted on September 22, 2021
As Covid spreads and leaves intensive care units at or near capacity in several states, some regions have approved crisis standards of care, which involve health care rationing. The latest... - Caste Author Isabel Wilkerson to Keynote National Forum, “Righting the Wrongs: Tackling Health Inequities.”
Posted on September 15, 2021
The Hastings Center and the Association of American Medical Colleges Center for Health Justice Announce Two-Day Summit on Health Equity. SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 — The Hastings Center, a global ethics... - New Resource Counters Misinformation on Human Genomics
Posted on September 7, 2021
“Easily accessible information for funders, researchers, policymakers, journalists, industry, and patient groups” — featured in Nature Genetics New research on the genomic influences on traits such as intelligence, household income,...
