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The Hastings Center Report explores the ethical, legal, and social issues in medicine, health care, public health, and the life sciences. Six issues are published each year, containing an assortment of essays, columns on legal and policy developments, case studies of issues in clinical care and institutional administration, caregivers' stories, peer-reviewed scholarly articles, and book reviews. Authors come from an assortment of professions and academic disciplines and bring a range of perspectives and political opinions. We welcome submissions from new authors. The Report's readership includes physicians, nurses, scholars of many stripes, administrators, social workers, health lawyers, and others.

Publisher: The Hastings Center

November-December 2009
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field notes

field notes
pp. 1-1(1)
Author: Berlinger, Nancy

From the Editor

Salad Days
pp. 2-2(1)
Author: Kaebnick, Gregory E.

another voice

A Possible Solution, But Not the Last Word
pp. 3-3(1)
Author: Smith, Martin L.

letters

The Point of Control: Can a Regulated Organ Market Be Moral?
pp. 4-5(2)

in practice

Improvisation
pp. 6-6(1)
Author: Olson, Douglas P.

at law

Irrational Basis: The Legal Status of Medical Marijuana
pp. 7-8(2)
Author: Dresser, Rebecca

policy & politics

After Insurance Reform: An Adequate Safety Net Can Bring Us to Universal Coverage
pp. 9-10(2)
Author: Hall, Mark A.

Essays

The Nesting-Egg Problem: Why Comparative Effectiveness Research Is Trickier Than It Looks
pp. 11-14(4)
Author: Gilbert, Susan

The Quality Mantra: Proceed Carefully
pp. 14-15(2)
Author: Payne, Richard

A Tool to Strengthen the Doctor-Patient Relationship
pp. 15-17(3)
Author: Chen, Pauline W.

Define "Effective": The Curious Case of Chronic Cancer
pp. 17-20(4)
Authors: Berlinger, Nancy; Flamm, Anne Lederman

Lessons from Abroad
pp. 20-22(3)
Authors: Schmidt, Harald; Kreis, Julia

Articles

Charting the Future: Credentialing, Privileging, Quality, and Evaluation in Clinical Ethics Consultation
pp. 23-33(11)
Authors: Dubler, Nancy Neveloff; Webber, Mayris P.; Swiderski, Deborah M.; The Faculty and the National Working Group for the Clinical Ethics Credentialing Project,

Risk and the Pregnant Body
pp. 34-42(9)
Authors: Lyerly, Anne Drapkin; Mitchell, Lisa M.; Armstrong, Elizabeth Mitchell; Harris, Lisa H.; Kukla, Rebecca; Kuppermann, Miriam; Little, Margaret Olivia

Manuscript Reviewers—2009

Manuscript Reviewers—2009
pp. 43-43(1)

index

Hastings Center Report: Volume 39, 2009
pp. 44-47(4)

Contributors

Contributors
pp. 48-48(1)

perspective

Health Reform: What's Prevention Got to Do with It?
pp. 49-49(1)
Author: Blacksher, Erika

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