Document Detail


The Hastings Center and the early years of bioethics.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22198414     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The Hastings Center was founded in 1969 to study ethical problems in medicine and biology. The Center arose from a confluence of three social currents: the increased public scrutiny of medicine and its practices, the concern about the moral problems being generated by technological developments, and the desire of one of its founders (Callahan) to make use of his philosophical training in a more applied way. The early years of the Center were devoted to raising money, developing an early agenda of issues, and identifying a cadre of people around the country interested in the issues. Various stresses and strains in the Center and the field are identified, and some final reflections are offered on the nature and value of the contributions made by bioethics as an academic field.
Authors:
Daniel Callahan
Related Documents :
21573054 - An interactive internet-based continuing education course on sexually transmitted disea...
20543384 - From clinical practice guidelines, to clinical guidance in practice--implications for d...
16128534 - Philip s. hench, m.d., sc.d. (1896-1965): a glimpse at the early clinical years.
21658554 - Eating for performance: bringing science to the training table.
8840424 - Doctoral dissertations on suicide from u.s. and canadian institutions of higher learnin...
6680904 - Forensic medicine in the emergency department.
Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-12-24
Journal Detail:
Title:  Theoretical medicine and bioethics     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1573-0980     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-12-26     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9805378     Medline TA:  Theor Med Bioeth     Country:  -    
Other Details:
Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
The Hastings Center, 21 Malcolm Gordon Road, Garrison, NY, 10524, USA, callahand@thehastingscenter.org.
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Limits on risks for healthy volunteers in biomedical research.
Next Document:  The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Oncicola luehei (Acanthocephala: Archiacanthocephala) ...