Hastings Center
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| Motto | The Hastings Center is a nonpartisan research institution dedicated to bioethics and the public interest since 1969. |
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| Formation | 1969 |
| Type | Bioethics research institute |
| Headquarters | Garrison, New York |
| Location |  United States |
| President | Thomas H. Murray |
| Key people | Mary Ann Baily Nancy Berlinger Daniel Callahan Josephine Johnston Gregory Kaebnick Karen Maschke Erik Parens |
| Website | www.thehastingscenter.org |
The Hastings Center, founded in 1969, is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit bioethics research institute based in the United States. It is dedicated to the examination of essential questions in health care, biotechnology, and the environment. The center has over 200 fellows, including many physicians, attorneys, PhDs and bioethicists.
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[edit] Publications
The center is best known as the publisher of Hastings Center Report [1] and IRB: Ethics & Human Research [2], which feature scholarship and commentary in bioethics for readers worldwide. Both are published six times per year. The Report also periodically features special reports, published as supplements, from the center's research projects.
In March 2006, the center launched Bioethics Forum [3], a free website "offering thoughtful commentary, representing a range of perspectives, on contemporary debates in bioethics and bioethical issues in the news."[1]
The Health Care Cost Monitor was added in May 2009. Edited by Hastings Center cofounder Daniel Callahan, the blog publishes "commentary and opinion on cost control as part of health care reform."[2]
[edit] Research
The center's projects, carried out by interdisciplinary research teams, range from "stem cell politics", to globalization and its impact on health status, to "science in the age of big pharma". Primary research areas include genetics and biotechnology, health care and health policy, ethics, science, the environment, and international science ethics. The center strives to frame and explore issues that inform professional practice, public conversation, and social policy.
The center conducts seminar-style meetings to review developments in science and policy, frame legal and social issues, and in-depth critical reflection on fundamental principles and values. Center research scholars write and speak on a variety of topics and assist members of the press and others.
The center is funded by grant money, private donations, and subscriptions.
The Morison Library serves as a resource for center research scholars, fellows, visitors, and others.
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[edit] External links
- TheHastingsCenter.org - 'The Hastings Center: Bioethics and Public Policy', Hastings Center homepage
- BioethicsForum.org - Bioethics Forum: Diverse Commentary on Issues in Bioethics
- Health Care Cost Monitor - A Hastings Center blog
