Hastings Center

Hastings Center

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name = 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 = flagicon|USA United States
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leader_title = President
leader_name = [http://www.thehastingscenter.org/About/Staff/Detail.aspx?id=1298 Thomas H. Murray]
key_people = [http://www.thehastingscenter.org/About/Staff/Detail.aspx?id=1292 Mary Ann Baily]
[http://www.thehastingscenter.org/About/Staff/Detail.aspx?id=1296 Nancy Berlinger]
[http://www.thehastingscenter.org/About/Staff/Detail.aspx?id=1282 Daniel Callahan]
[http://www.thehastingscenter.org/About/Staff/Detail.aspx?id=1288 Josephine Johnston]
[http://www.thehastingscenter.org/About/Staff/Detail.aspx?id=1286 Gregory Kaebnick]
[http://www.thehastingscenter.org/About/Staff/Detail.aspx?id=1290 Karen Maschke]
[http://www.thehastingscenter.org/About/Staff/Detail.aspx?id=1284 Erik Parens]
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website = [http://www.thehastingscenter.org 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 [http://www.thehastingscenter.org/About/Default.aspx?id=902 200 fellows] , including many physicians, attorneys, PhDs and bioethicists.

Publications

The center is best known as the publisher of "Hastings Center Report" [http://www.thehastingscenter.org/Publications/HCR/Default.aspx] and "" [http://www.thehastingscenter.org/Publications/IRB/Default.aspx] , 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" [http://www.bioethicsforum.org/] , a free website "offering thoughtful commentary, representing a range of perspectives, on contemporary debates in bioethics and bioethical issues in the news." [ [http://www.thehastingscenter.org/bioethicsforum/detail.aspx What is Bioethics Forum?] ]

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.thehastingscenter.org/ TheHastingsCenter.org] - 'The Hastings Center: Leading Bioethics into the Future', Hastings Center homepage
* [http://www.bioethicsforum.org/ BioethicsForum.org] - Bioethics Forum: Diverse Commentary on Issues in Bioethics


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