Hastings Center 3695298 212081374 2008-05-13T10:48:03Z Alan Liefting 36352 cat sort, add country. {{Infobox Organization |name = Hastings Center |image = HCLogo.png |image_border = |size = |caption = |map = |msize = |mcaption = |motto = The Hastings Center is a nonpartisan research institution dedicated to bioethics and the public interest since 1969. |Mission Statement= |formation = 1969 |type = [[Bioethics]] [[research institute]] |headquarters = [[Garrison, New York]] |location = {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]] |membership = |language = |leader_title = President |leader_name = [http://www.thehastingscenter.org/people/profiles/murray.asp Thomas H. Murray] |key_people = [http://www.thehastingscenter.org/people/profiles/baily.asp Mary Ann Baily]<br /> [http://www.thehastingscenter.org/people/profiles/berlinger.asp Nancy Berlinger]<br /> [http://www.thehastingscenter.org/people/profiles/callahan.asp Daniel Callahan]<br /> [http://www.thehastingscenter.org/people/profiles/johnston.asp Josephine Johnston]<br /> [http://www.thehastingscenter.org/people/profiles/kaebnick.asp Gregory Kaebnick]<br /> [http://www.thehastingscenter.org/people/profiles/maschke.asp Karen Maschke]<br /> [http://www.thehastingscenter.org/people/profiles/parens.asp Erik Parens] |num_staff = |budget = |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 [[Natural environment|environment]]. The center has over [http://www.thehastingscenter.org/people/fellowsae.asp 200 fellows], including many [[physician]]s, [[attorney]]s, PhDs and [[bioethicist]]s. ==Publications== The center is best known as the publisher of ''[[Hastings Center Report]]'' [http://www.thehastingscenter.org/publications/hcr/hcr.asp] and ''[[IRB: Ethics & Human Research]]'' [http://www.thehastingscenter.org/publications/irb/irb.asp], 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 "smart, graceful, probing commentary on issues in bioethics".<ref>[http://www.bioethicsforum.org/whatis.asp http://www.bioethicsforum.org/whatis.asp]</ref> ==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 [[Pharmaceutical industry|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 staff members 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 associates, fellows, visiting scholars, and others. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.thehastingscenter.org/default.asp 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 [[Category:Organizations based in the United States]] [[Category:Bioethics research organizations|Hastings Center]] [[Category:Publishing companies of the United States]] [[Category:Think tanks based in the United States]]