Hastings Center News
- Remembering Patricia Davis Klingenstein
Posted on February 14, 2023
The Hastings Center staff and board of directors are saddened by the passing of Patricia Klingenstein, a former board member and longtime supporter. She died peacefully on February 11 in... - Advancing Vaccine Equity: Lessons Learned from the Federal Health Center Covid-19 Vaccine Program
Posted on January 31, 2023
How did federally funded nonprofit primary care centers for medically underserved patients promote equitable access to Covid vaccination? A new publication examines this question and reveals valuable lessons for supporting just vaccine allocation and improving health equity in the United States. - New Recommendations Address Crisis of Physician Stress
Posted on January 18, 2023
A new set of 12 recommendations for hospitals and health care institutions addresses moral stress in clinical practice and the ways that it impedes good care. The recommendations for hospital... - Special Report Calls for Improved Oversight On “Chimeric” Human-Animal Research
Posted on January 12, 2023
A new report on the ethics of crossing species boundaries by inserting human cells into (nonhuman) animals for research purposes–research surrounded by debate–makes recommendations clarifying the ethical issues and calling... - Hastings Center Cofounder Willard Gaylin (1925-2022)
Posted on January 5, 2023
Willard Gaylin, an acclaimed psychiatrist and psychoanalyst and a pioneering scholar in bioethics who co-founded The Hastings Center, died on December 30. He was 97. - Introducing Clinical Ethics Case Studies in Hastings Bioethics Forum
Posted on November 21, 2022
Each year, tens of thousands of clinical ethics case consultations are performed in hospitals around the country. These consultations respond to fraught, complex questions from patients, families, health care professionals,...
