黑斯廷斯中心的報告探討了醫學、衛生保健、公共衛生和生命科學方面的倫理、法律和社會問題。每年有六期提供文章、論文、生物倫理問題案例研究、法律和政策專欄、護理者故事、同行評議的學術文章和書評。作者來自不同的專業和學術學科，表達了不同的觀點和政治觀點。該報告的讀者包括醫生、護士、學者、管理人員、社會工作者、健康律師和其他人。

The Hastings Center Report explores ethical, legal, and social issues in medicine, health care, public health, and the life sciences. Six issues per year offer articles, essays, case studies of bioethical problems, columns on law and policy, caregivers’ stories, peer-reviewed scholarly articles, and book reviews. Authors come from an assortment of professions and academic disciplines and express a range of perspectives and political opinions. The Report’s readership includes physicians, nurses, scholars, administrators, social workers, health lawyers, and others.