I have a wide range of research interests.  These include:

• Ethics of the doctor-patient relationship
• Clinical ethics support in hospitals
• Surgical ethics
• The role of medical ethics and the humanities in medical education
• Ethical issues faced by junior doctors
• Ethical obligations of healthcare professionals during epidemics and times of crisis
• Methods of ethics case analysis and resolution
• Interplay between philosophical medical ethics and social science research
• Relationship between magic and medicine
• Publication ethics
• History of modern medicine and medical ethics

I am quite happy to give presentations on any of the above.  Click here for more details.

Current Memberships

• Ministry of Defence's Research Ethics Committee
• MoD Independent Scientific and Technical Advice Register
• Ministry of Justice's Committee on the Use of Restraint in Juvenile Settings
• Royal College of Surgeons (England), Working Party on Clinical Laryngeal Transplantation
• Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, Working Party on Needlestick Injuries
• Institute of Medical Ethics, Governing Body (Hon. Member)
• Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
• Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Clinical Ethics Committee
• Medical Journalists' Association
• International Society for the History of Medicine
• Osler Club of London