Word: callahan
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Writing a book in 1968 on the morality of abortion -- he describes his stance as "conservative pro-choice" -- Callahan hit on the idea for a think tank on biomedical ethics. At the start, Callahan and Gaylin wondered if there would be enough moral issues to keep them busy. But since an initial project on the definition of death, Hastings researchers have dealt with organ transplants, artificial reproduction, surrogate motherhood (Callahan opposes it; some of his colleagues approve), AIDS testing and privacy, genetic engineering -- a never-ending list...
...publishing regularly, the Hastings ethicists develop model legislation, draw up guidelines for public policy, consult in such tortured cases as Karen Anne Quinlan's fate and assist universities in setting up ethics departments. "People used to think of medical ethics as between doctor and patient at the bedside," says Callahan. "We consider wider public policy, how Government spends its money, issues that affect millions of lives, as well as the exotic issues where the number is small...
...schizophrenia raise a new round of issues. Would altering the defective genes in utero be ethically permissible, given the risk of unforeseen results for future generations? The moral dilemmas spawned by the high-tech world of biomedicine -- closer to salvation or Pandora's box? -- are sufficient to keep Callahan and his Hastings associates busy for a lifetime. A natural life-span, of course...
ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Patricia Blake, Tom Callahan, William R. Doerner, John Greenwald, William A. Henry III, Marguerite Johnson, Stephen Koepp, Richard N. Ostling, Sue Raffety, J. D. Reed, Thomas A. Sancton, Martha Smilgis, Richard Stengel, Anastasia Toufexis, Claudia Wallis, Michael Walsh, Richard Zoglin...
PHOTOGRAPHY: Michele Stephenson (Associate Editor); Mary Dunn (Special Projects); Richard L. Boeth, MaryAnne Golon, Rose Keyser, Julia Richer (Assistant Editors); Linda D. Vartoogian, Helen Eisenberg (Administration); Carmine Ercolano (Operations) Researchers: Dorothy Affa Ames, Martha Bardach, Anne Callahan, Stanley Kayne, Paula Hornak Kellner, Polly J. Matthews, Gary Roberts, Nancy Smith- Alam, Melanie Stephens, Robert B. Stevens, Mary Themo Photographers: Eddie Adams, Terry Ashe, William Campbell, Sahm Doherty, Michael Evans, Rudi Frey, Dirck Halstead, Peter Jordan, Shelly Katz, David Hume Kennerly, Neil Leifer, Ben Martin, Harry Mattison, Mark Meyer, Ralph Morse, Robin Moyer, Carl Mydans, James Nachtwey, Matthew Naythons, Stephen Northup, Bill...