黑斯廷斯中心的报告探讨了医学、卫生保健、公共卫生和生命科学方面的伦理、法律和社会问题。每年有六期提供文章、论文、生物伦理问题案例研究、法律和政策专栏、护理者故事、同行评议的学术文章和书评。作者来自不同的专业和学术学科，表达了不同的观点和政治观点。该报告的读者包括医生、护士、学者、管理人员、社会工作者、健康律师和其他人。
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.