Library Journal namedTaming the Beloved Beast: How Medical Technology Costs Are Destroying Our Health Care System, by Hastings Center scholar Daniel Callahan, as one of top science and technology books of 2009. The citation notes that, “Science often reflects society's concerns, and a number of the top books of 2009 address two of the biggest headline-grabbing topics—climate change and health-care reform…These books are indispensable to the public dialog—and just plain good reads.” 

Also, an American Journal of Human Genetics review called Ethics and Newborn Genetic Screening: New Technologies, New Challenges “required reading for all those concerned with the evolution of infant screening and, more broadly, children’s health policy.” The volume is a collection of essays based on a Hastings Center project and edited by Center president Thomas Murray and former Center scholar Mary Ann Baily.