Special Reports
Special Reports to the Hastings Center Report are one venue in which the Center publishes the results of its research projects. Reports may be single-authored or collections of essays prepared by members of project working groups, consensus documents, or lively conversations among those who reached differing moral conclusions about a project’s central questions.
Essay sets organized around topical issues in bioethics appear periodically in the Hastings Center Report. They consist of commentaries, analyses, and journalistic reporting that provide depth and perspective on bioethics developments in the news.
Some of the special reports and other publications are available for free download; others have selected content available for free. To order other Hastings Center Report special reports please contact John Wiley & Sons customer support at 800-835-6770 or cs-journals@wiley.com.
SPECIAL REPORT
Defining Death: Organ Transplantation and the Fifty-Year Legacy of the Harvard Report on Brain Death
November-December 2018
SPECIAL REPORT
What Makes a Good Life in Late Life? Citizenship and Justice in Aging Societies
September-October 2018
SPECIAL REPORT
Governance of Emerging Technologies:
Aligning Policy Analysis with the Public’s Values
January-February 2018
SPECIAL REPORT
Just Reproduction: Reimagining Autonomy in Reproductive Medicine
November-December 2017
SPECIAL REPORT
Recreating the Wild: De-Extinction, Technology, and the Ethics of Conservation
July-August 2017
SPECIAL REPORT
The Genetics of Intelligence
September – October 2015
SPECIAL REPORT
Synthetic Future: Can We Create What We Want Out of Synthetic Biology?
November-December 2014
The Intersection of Research Fraud and Human Subjects Research: A Regulatory Review
July-August 2014
Troubled Children: Diagnosing, Treating, and Attending to Context
March–April 2011
Patents, Biomedical Research, and Treatments: Examining Concerns, Canvassing Solutions
January–February 2007
Improving End of Life Care: Why Has It Been So Difficult?
July–August 2006
Promoting Patient Safety: An Ethical Basis for Policy Deliberation
November–December 2003
Reprogenetics and Public Policy: Reflections and Recommendations
July–August 2003
Access to Hospice Care: Expanding Boundaries, Overcoming Barriers
March–April 2003
A Global Profession: Medical Values in China and the U.S.
July–August 2000
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