Abstract

When I accidentally fell into the job of Associate Editor at the Hastings Center Report, I soon learned that one of my duties was to copyedit the case studies that the Report publishes on a regular basis. The Hastings Center being the kind of institution it is, as I edited the essays, I also imbibed a good deal of bioethics. I began to publish scholarly articles and coauthor a book, all under the mentorship of Dan Callahan and the Center's other associates. Joe Fins, then the Associate for Medicine, patiently answered all my many questions about ethical issues surrounding the doctor-patient relationship; Susan Wolf, the Associate for Law, taught me some classic court cases, starting with Schloendorff; and Jamie...