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| Discipline | Bioethics, philosophy, ethics, humanities, health policy, health law, religious studies |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Gregory Kaebnick |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1971-present |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell (United States) |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| 4.298 (2021) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Hastings Cent. Rep. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0093-0334 (print) 1552-146X (web) |
| LCCN | 2004-212569 |
| JSTOR | 00930334 |
| OCLC no. | 15622366 |
| Links | |
The Hastings Center Report is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal of bioethics. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Hastings Center (Garrison, New York). The editor-in-chief is Gregory Kaebnick. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 4.298. In 2018, it ranked it 5th out of 16 journals in the category "Medical Ethics".[1]
The journal focuses on legal, moral, and social issues in medicine and the life sciences.[2] It publishes a variety of article types that may take many forms:[3]
- articles that explore philosophical and ethical issues in medicine, health care, technology, medical research, the use of human subjects in research, and the environment
- reports or reviews of empirical studies that implicate relevant philosophical and ethical questions
- short, provocative essays; case studies (which may be accompanied by commentary on the case)
- personal narratives about receiving or providing health care
- and brief commentary on relevant events in the news