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From the Editor: Moral Nuances in Broad Policies

Abstract: In the September-October 2024 issue of the Hastings Center Report, two pieces examine attitudes toward and policy on medical aid in dying (MAID).An essay by Anna Elsner and colleagues...

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Preventive Human Genome Editing and Enhancement: Candidate Criteria for Governance

Abstract: While somatic cell editing to treat disease is widely accepted, the use of human genome editing for “enhancement” remains contested. Scientists and policy-makers routinely cite the prospect of enhancement...

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Parity, Poverty, and Physician Aid in Dying: Policy Recommendations for PAD in Light of Social Injustices

Abstract: In light of the proposed expansion of eligibility for physician aid in dying (PAD) in Canada to people with psychiatric disorders, there is a new subset of individuals seeking...

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Strategic Ethics: Physician Associations and Their Roles in Pursuing Racial Equity

Abstract: Since 2020, physician associations have become more vocal about confronting racism, initiating a wide range of advocacy efforts, making programming changes, and issuing public statements on the topic. However,...

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Language Matters: The Semantics and Politics of “Assisted Dying”

Abstract: This essay examines the impact of linguistic choices on the perception and regulation of assisted dying, particularly in Canada. It argues that euphemistic terms like “medical assistance in dying”...

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Synthetic Health Data: Real Ethical Promise and Peril

Abstract: Researchers and practitioners are increasingly using machine-generated synthetic data as a tool for advancing health science and practice, by expanding access to health data while—potentially—mitigating privacy and related ethical...

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The Bioethicist as Healer

Abstract: Combativeness is a social illness. We are surrounded by culture wars over abortion, vaccine mandates, transgender care, how we die, and even how we define death. The problem is...

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Why Aren’t There More Whistleblowers?

Abstract: In The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No, bioethicist Carl Elliot seeks to understand people who blow the whistle on unethical human research projects....

The Hastings Center Report explores the ethical, legal, and social issues in medicine, health care, public health, and the life sciences. Six issues of the pioneering bioethics journal are published each year, containing an assortment of essays, columns on legal and policy developments, case studies of issues in clinical care and institutional administration, caregivers’ stories, peer-reviewed scholarly articles, and book reviews.

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Authors come from an assortment of professions and academic disciplines and bring a range of perspectives and political opinions. We welcome submissions from new authors. The Report’s readership includes physicians, nurses, scholars of many stripes, administrators, social workers, health lawyers, and others.

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ISSN: 0093-0334; online ISSN: 1552-146X LC: 75-64303, publication no. 108810
Publisher: The Hastings Center
Bioethics Journal
(Ethics)(Health Care Sciences & Services)(Medical Ethics)(Social Sciences, Biomedical)

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