To mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the United States Public Health Service’s Syphilis Study, the National Library of Medicine recently digitized and released reams of historical documents on the “origin and development of the Tuskegee syphilis study.” The release of these documents is a poignant occasion to consider what qualifies as ethical, just, and respectful use of archival materials.

The AMA’s recent apology to black physicians marks another moral milestone in white America’s ritualized confession of its racist past, standing alongside President Clinton’s 1997 apology to the survivors of...

NEW YORK, APRIL 28 — A new Hastings Center special report calls on the field of bioethics to take the lead in efforts to remedy racial injustice and health inequities...

The field of bioethics has a moral responsibility to respond to the continued racial and health inequities confronting Black, Indigenous, and other people of color. Along with several colleagues, we formed an antiracism task force to interrogate that moral responsibility. Here are key takeaways from a recent panel discussion that we organized.

Project Director: Josephine Johnston Funder: The Greenwall Foundation This project was a collaboration between an independent antiracism task force of bioethicists from across the United States and The Hastings Center, as part...