Emeritus Professor Malcolm Parker
Emeritus Professor

Malcolm Parker

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Background

My research interests cover a number of areas within history and philosophy of science and medicine, moral psychology, bioethics and medical ethics, health law, and medical education, with particular interests in philosophy of psychiatry, end-of-life care and decisions, reproductive medicine, medical professionalism, research ethics, evidence-based medicine and complementary medicine.

Areas of particular interest include:

  • Conceptual research in bioethical methodology, particularly principlism and global bioethics
  • Ethical aspects of the doctor-patient relationship
  • End-of-life issues including euthanasia, mandatory psychiatric review of requests for assisted death, psychiatric medicalisation, withdrawal of treatment, causation of death, competence determination, end-of-life policy-making
  • Reproductive issues including prenatal testing, posthumous conception and embryo research
  • Human research ethics
  • Changes in medical negligence and tort law
  • Evidence-based medicine: implications for medical ethics and relations to clinical judgement
  • Complementary and alternative medicine: scientific and ethical status, regulation, negligence, integration with orthodox medicine
  • Education in medical ethics, medical and health law, professionalism, medical humanities
  • Assessment of personal and professional behaviour of medical students
  • Statutory regulation of clinical competence and professional conduct

Availability

Emeritus Professor Malcolm Parker is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Applied ethics Health Sciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science, The University of Queensland
  • Masters (Coursework), University of New England Australia
  • Masters (Coursework), University of Melbourne
  • Doctoral Diploma of Medicine, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • List of interests

    • Conceptual research in bioethical methodology, particularly principlism and global bioethics • Ethical aspects of the doctor-patient relationship • End-of-life issues including euthanasia, mandatory psychiatric review of requests for assisted death, psychiatric medicalisation, withdrawal of treatment, causation of death, competence determination, end-of-life policy-making • Reproductive issues including prenatal testing, posthumous conception and embryo research • Human research ethics • Changes in medical negligence and tort law • Evidence-based medicine: implications for medical ethics and relations to clinical judgement • Complementary and alternative medicine: scientific and ethical status, regulation, negligence, integration with orthodox medicine • Education in medical ethics, medical and health law, professionalism, medical humanities • Assessment of personal and professional behaviour of medical students • Statutory regulation of clinical competence and professional conduct

Research impacts

My research has had direct or indirect impact in the following areas:

  • Management of impaired doctors and medical students - leader in development of curriculum, teaching and assessment of medical professionalism and student behaviour, via publications, research-based developments at UQ and invited national and international contributions.
  • Medical education - improving and expanding medical ethics and law education in Australia, via publication and research-based development of curricum, teaching and assessment.
  • Human research ethics - broadening the remit of the National Statement on Research Involving Humans beyond the medical categories, via collaborative contributions to the research literature.

Search Professor Malcolm Parker’s works on UQ eSpace

254 works between 1987 and 2020
All (254) Journal Article (192) Book Chapter (11) Conference Publication (36) Book (1) Other Outputs (12) Edited Outputs (2)

201 - 220 of 254 works

2001

Journal Article

An Ethics Core Curriculum for Australasian Medical Schools

Braunack-Mayer, A., Gilliam, L., Vance, E., Gillett, G.R., Kerridge, I.H., McPhee, J., Saul, P., Smith, D. E., Wellsmore, H.M., Koczwara, B., Rogers, W.A., Stoffell, B. F., McNeill, P.M., Newell, C.J. and Parker, M. H. (2001). An Ethics Core Curriculum for Australasian Medical Schools. Medical Journal of Australia, 175 (4), 205-210.

An Ethics Core Curriculum for Australasian Medical Schools

2001

Journal Article

John Gregory and Professional Relationships

Parker, M. H. (2001). John Gregory and Professional Relationships. AMAQ News, 1 (1), 33-33.

John Gregory and Professional Relationships

2001

Journal Article

Refusal of treatment

Parker, MH and Tobin, B (2001). Refusal of treatment. Medical Journal of Australia, 174 (10), 531-532. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143410.x

Refusal of treatment

2001

Journal Article

Monitoring Doctos' Clinical Competence: A Queensland Focus

Parker, M. H. (2001). Monitoring Doctos' Clinical Competence: A Queensland Focus. Journal of Law and Medicine, 9 (1), 105-114.

Monitoring Doctos' Clinical Competence: A Queensland Focus

2001

Journal Article

Across the Rubicon: Medicalisation, Natural Death & Euthanasia

Parker, M. H. (2001). Across the Rubicon: Medicalisation, Natural Death & Euthanasia. Monash Bioethics Review, 20 (4), 7-29. doi: 10.1007/bf03351261

Across the Rubicon: Medicalisation, Natural Death & Euthanasia

2001

Journal Article

Doctors' Duties in Prescribing on the Internet

Skene, L. and Parker, M. H. (2001). Doctors' Duties in Prescribing on the Internet. Medicine Today, 2 (7), 109-112.

Doctors' Duties in Prescribing on the Internet

2001

Journal Article

More on doctors' duties in prescribing on the internet

Skene, L., Parker, M. and Nisselle, P. (2001). More on doctors' duties in prescribing on the internet. Medicine Today, 2 (9), 98-99.

More on doctors' duties in prescribing on the internet

2000

Journal Article

Medicine for the millennium: The challenge of postmodernism [3] (multiple letters)

Parker, M. and Chan, J. J. (2000). Medicine for the millennium: The challenge of postmodernism [3] (multiple letters). Medical Journal of Australia, 173 (3), 165-166. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb125583.x

Medicine for the millennium: The challenge of postmodernism [3] (multiple letters)

2000

Journal Article

Screening gamete donors for cystic fibrosis status

Findlay, I., Forbes, K. L. and Parker, M. H. (2000). Screening gamete donors for cystic fibrosis status. Medical Journal of Australia, 173 (7), 380-381. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb125695.x

Screening gamete donors for cystic fibrosis status

2000

Conference Publication

Medicine, psychiatry and euthanasia: An argument against mandatory psychiatric review

Parker, Malcolm (2000). Medicine, psychiatry and euthanasia: An argument against mandatory psychiatric review. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2000.00725.x

Medicine, psychiatry and euthanasia: An argument against mandatory psychiatric review

2000

Journal Article

Medicine, Psychiatry and Euthanasia: An argument against mandatory psychiatric review

Parker, Malcolm (2000). Medicine, Psychiatry and Euthanasia: An argument against mandatory psychiatric review. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 34 (2), 318-324. doi: 10.1080/j.1440-1614.2000.00725.x

Medicine, Psychiatry and Euthanasia: An argument against mandatory psychiatric review

2000

Journal Article

Fault, Negligence and the Standard of Care

Parker, M. H. (2000). Fault, Negligence and the Standard of Care. Journal of Law and Medicine, 8 (1), 68-75.

Fault, Negligence and the Standard of Care

2000

Journal Article

Assessing medical students' professional development and behaviour: A theoretical foundation

Parker, M. (2000). Assessing medical students' professional development and behaviour: A theoretical foundation. Focus on Health Professional Education, 2 (2), 28-38.

Assessing medical students' professional development and behaviour: A theoretical foundation

2000

Conference Publication

Fault, Negligence and the Standard of Care: A Conceptual Inquiry into Medical Critiques of Medical Litigation

Parker, Malcolm Holbrook (2000). Fault, Negligence and the Standard of Care: A Conceptual Inquiry into Medical Critiques of Medical Litigation. AIHLE's 4th Annual Conference: Medical and Allied Health Professions Power and Accountability, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1999.

Fault, Negligence and the Standard of Care: A Conceptual Inquiry into Medical Critiques of Medical Litigation

2000

Journal Article

Medicine for the millennium: the challenge of postmodernism

Parker, M. (2000). Medicine for the millennium: the challenge of postmodernism. Medical Journal of Australia, 173 (3), 165-165.

Medicine for the millennium: the challenge of postmodernism

1999

Journal Article

The tasks of medicine: An ideology of care; edited by Peter Baume

Parker, Malcolm (1999). The tasks of medicine: An ideology of care; edited by Peter Baume. Bioethics, 13 (2), 178-180. doi: 10.1111/1467-8519.t01-1-00141

The tasks of medicine: An ideology of care; edited by Peter Baume

1999

Journal Article

Posthumous conception and the need for consent

Parker, M. H. (1999). Posthumous conception and the need for consent. Medical Journal of Australia, 170 (9), 452-453. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb127829.x

Posthumous conception and the need for consent

1999

Journal Article

Refusal of treatment: Ethics, law and medical practice

Parker, M. H. and Cartwright, C. M. (1999). Refusal of treatment: Ethics, law and medical practice. AMAQ News, 1999 (July), 16-18.

Refusal of treatment: Ethics, law and medical practice

1999

Conference Publication

Challenges in medical ethics education

Parker, M. H., Gillam, L. and Braunack-Mayer, A. (1999). Challenges in medical ethics education. As Above, Brisbane, 2-5 July ,1999. Brisbane: Aust. & NZ Association for Med. Educ..

Challenges in medical ethics education

1999

Conference Publication

Problem-based learning: A practical demonstration

Parker, M. H., Skene, L. and Anderson, W. (1999). Problem-based learning: A practical demonstration. 6th National Conference of the Australian Bioethics Association, Hobart, 2-4 October, 1998. Hobart: Aust. Bioethics Association.

Problem-based learning: A practical demonstration

Past funding

  • 2012 - 2015
    GAMSAT - beyond predictive validity: an exploration of political validity, acceptability, and educational impact
    Deakin University
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    Futile treatment at the end of life: legal, policy, sociological and economic perspectives (ARC Linkage Project administered by QUT)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    UMAT: A definition and exploration of fitness for purpose
    Monash University
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    Extending GAMSAT: Enhancing the scope and validity
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2012
    Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment from adults lacking capacity: Enhancing medical decision-making through doctors' compliance with the law (ARC Linkage administered by QUT)
    Queensland University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    Addressing cultural diversity in health ethics education
    ALTC Competitive Grants
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2005
    Medical End of Life Decisions: Attitudes and Practices in Six European Countries
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 1996
    Patient self-determination in terminal care: Phase 2 - Development and evaluation of advance directive resources
    Department Health & Family Services - RADGAC
    Open grant
  • 1995 - 1996
    GP and patient knowledge, attitudes and congruence in end-of-life decision-making
    Department Health & Family Services - GPEP
    Open grant

Availability

Emeritus Professor Malcolm Parker is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Completed supervision

Enquiries

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  • Bioethics
  • Biology and ethics
  • Doctors - professional development
  • Education - medicine
  • Ethics - biology
  • Ethics - medical
  • Ethics and biology
  • Health law
  • History of medicine
  • Law - health
  • Law - medical
  • Medical education
  • Medical ethics
  • Medical history
  • Medical law
  • Medicine - philosophy of
  • Philosophy and medicine
  • Professional development - medicine

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