Robert BakerPosts by Robert BakerBioethics Forum EssayBioethics’ Best Response to Populist Polemics: Sticking to Its RootsIn a recent article in the Hastings Center Report two leading bioethicists, Mildred Solomon and Bruce Jennings, called on fellow bioethicists to “come to the aid of civil liberties and...Read Bioethics’ Best Response to Populist Polemics: Sticking to Its RootsRelated Posts Inaugural Cohort of Trustees Emeriti AnnouncedNEW YORK, March 1 – The Hastings Center’s Board of Directors announced the inaugural cohort of trustees emeriti, former directors whose service, expertise, leadership, and support have helped position Hastings as the...Read Inaugural Cohort of Trustees Emeriti Announced Trustees EmeritiPresident Emeritus Thomas H. Murray Board Chairs Emeriti Harold EdgarJulius Silver Professor of Law, Science and Technology, Emeritus – Columbia Law School, Professor of Law, Emeritus, Columbia Law School, Founding...Read Trustees Emeriti TRANSCRIPT: Anti-Black Racism, Health & Health CareThis transcript was generated by computer and may contain errors. Aashna Lal, The Hastings Center Thank you all for joining us today. Welcome to anti-black racism, health and health care....Read TRANSCRIPT: Anti-Black Racism, Health & Health Care The Hastings Center Bioethics Timeline“Bioethics” has been defined in several different ways. Most broadly, it is the interdisciplinary study of ethical, legal, and social issues arising in the life sciences and health care. Though...Read The Hastings Center Bioethics TimelineBioethics Forum EssayThe Value of Bioethics Against Authoritarian PopulismPopulism has been influencing public discourse and election outcomes in several countries recently. The degree to which populism has a sway on elections varies with the electoral system in each...Read The Value of Bioethics Against Authoritarian PopulismIRB: Ethics & Human ResearchA Tool Kit to Enhance the Informed Consent Process for Community-Engaged Pediatric ResearchAbstract: Effective communication of informed consent is challenging for individuals with low health literacy. The existing literature in this field highlights that research participants often do not adequately comprehend informed...Read A Tool Kit to Enhance the Informed Consent Process for Community-Engaged Pediatric ResearchIRB: Ethics & Human ResearchAn Intervention to Improve Cancer Patients’ Understanding of Early-Phase Clinical TrialsThe consent process for human subjects research educates potential participants about research risks, benefits, and procedures so they can make an informed decision about whether to enroll in a clinical...Read An Intervention to Improve Cancer Patients’ Understanding of Early-Phase Clinical Trials FellowsHastings Center Fellows are an elected group of individuals of outstanding accomplishment whose work has informed scholarship and/or public understanding of complex ethical issues in health, health care, life sciences...Read Fellows
