Books by Hastings Scholars
Research projects at the Center often lead to books. In addition, Center scholars write independently on a variety of topics. Here is a selection of books.
Debating Modern Medical Technologies
The Politics of Safety, Effectiveness, and Patient Access
Good Sport:
Why Our Games Matter — and How Doping Undermines Them
The Five Horsemen of the Modern World:
Climate, Food, Water, Disease, and Obesity
Nancy Berlinger
(Oxford University Press, 2016)
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Rights Come to Mind: Brain Injury, Ethics and the Struggle for ConsciousnessJoseph J. Fins
(Cambridge University Press 2020)
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Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Bioethical Issues, 18theditionGregory E. Kaebnick (ed.)
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Regulating Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in the United States: The Limits of Unlimited SelectionMichelle Bayefsky and Bruce Jennings
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)>
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Shaping Our Selves: On Technology, Flourishing, and a Habit of Thinking Erik Parens(Oxford University Press, 2014)Purchase from Oxford University Press
Humans in Nature: The World as We Find It and the World as We Create ItGregory E. Kaebnick
(Oxford University Press, 2013)Purchase from Oxford University Press
Synthetic Biology and Morality: Artificial Life and the Bounds of NatureGregory E. Kaebnick and Thomas H. Murray (eds.)
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The Hastings Center Guidelines for Decisions on Life-Sustaining Treatment and Care Near the End of Life: Revised and Expanded Second EditionNancy Berlinger, Bruce Jennings,
and Susan M. Wolf
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The Roots of BioethicsHealth, Progress, Technology, Death
Daniel Callahan
(Oxford University Press, 2012)
The Physician Assistant: An Illustrated HistoryThomas E. Piemme, MD, Alfred M. Sadler, Jr., MD, Reginald D.Carter, PhD, PA, and Ruth Ballweg, MPA, PA-C
(Acacia Publishing, 2013)
The Ideal of NatureDebates about Biotechnology and the Environment
Gregory E. Kaebnick (ed.)
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011)
Trust and Integrity in Biomedical ResearchThe Case of Financial Conflicts of Interest
Thomas H. Murray and Josephine Johnston (eds.)
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010)
Health Care in World CitiesMichael Gusmano,Victor G. Rodwin and Daniel Weisz
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010)
Transforming the Healthcare Experience Through the ArtsBy Blair L. Sadler and Annette Ridenour
(San Diego: Aesthetics, Inc., 2009)
Performance-Enhancing Technologies in SportsEthical, Conceptual, and Scientific Issues
Thomas H. Murray, Karen J. Maschke, and Angela A. Wasunna (eds.)
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009)
Taming the Beloved Beast: Medical Technology and Health Care CostsDaniel Callahan
(Princeton University Press, 2009)
Ethics and Newborn Genetic Screening: New Technologies, New ChallengesMary Ann Baily and Thomas H. Murray (eds.)
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009
Reprogenetics: Law, Policy, and Ethical IssuesLori P. Knowles and Gregory E. Kaebnick (eds.)
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007)
Health Care Quality Improvement: Ethical and Regulatory IssuesBruce Jennings, Mary Ann Baily, Melissa Bottrell, and Joanne Lynn (eds.)
(The Hastings Center, 2007)
Public Health Ethics: Theory, Policy, and PracticeBruce Jennings, Bonnie Steinbock, Lawrence O. Gostin and Ronald Bayer (eds.)
(Oxford University Press, 2006)
Medicine and the Market: Equity v ChoiceDan Callahan and Angela Wasunna
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006)
Surgically Shaping Children: Technology, Ethics and the Pursuit of NormalityErik Parens (ed.)
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006)
Wrestling with Behavioral Genetics: Science, Ethics, and Public ConversationErik Parens, Audrey Chapman, and Nancy Press (eds.)
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005)
Genetic Ties and the Family: The Impact of Paternity Testing on Parents and ChildrenMark A. Rothstein, Thomas H. Murray, Gregory E. Kaebnick, and Mary Anderlik Majumder (eds.)
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005)
After Harm: Medical Error and the Ethics of ForgivenessNancy Berlinger
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005)
Living With Grief: Ethical Dilemmas at the End of Life
Bruce Jennings, Kenneth J. Doka, and Charles Corr (eds.)
(Washington, DC: Hospice Foundation of America, Living with Grief Series, 2005)
The Ethics of Hospital Trustees, Hastings Center Studies in Ethics SeriesBruce Jennings, Virginia A. Sharpe, Bradford H. Gray, and Alan R. Fleischman (eds.)
(Georgetown University Press, 2004)
The Cultures of Caregiving: Conflict and Common Ground among Families, Health Professionals, and Policy Makers
Carol Levine and Thomas H. Murray (eds.)
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004)
The Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Accommodating Pluralism, Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series
Daniel Callahan
(Georgetown University Press, 2004)
What Price Better Health: Hazards of the Research ImperativeDaniel Callahan
(Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005)
The Worth of a Child
Thomas Murray
(University of California Press, 1996)
Promoting Healthy Behavior: How Much Freedom? Whose Responsibility? Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series
Daniel Callahan (ed.)
(Georgetown University Press, 2001)
The Goals of Medicine: The Forgotten Issues in Health Care Reform, Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series
Mark J. Hanson, Daniel Callahan, and Gregory E. Kaebnick (eds.)
(Georgetown University Press, 2001)
Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights, Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series
Erik Parens and Adrienne Asch (eds.)
(Georgetown University Press, 2000)
Enhancing Human Traits: Ethical and Social Implications, Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series
Erik Parens (ed.)
(Georgetown University Press, 2000)
What Price Mental Health: The Ethics and Politics of Setting Priorities, Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series
Philip J. Boyle and Daniel Callahan (eds.)
(Georgetown University Press, 1995)
Setting Limits: Medical Goals in an Aging Society
Daniel Callahan
(Georgetown University Press, 1995)





