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)

41 - 60 of 254 works

2014

Journal Article

"CAM-creep": Medical practitioners, professional discipline and integrative medicine

Jammal, Walid, Stewart, Cameron and Parker, Malcolm (2014). "CAM-creep": Medical practitioners, professional discipline and integrative medicine. Journal of Law and Medicine, 22 (1), 221-232.

"CAM-creep": Medical practitioners, professional discipline and integrative medicine

2014

Journal Article

Unreasonable adjustments: medical education, mental disorder, disability discrimination and public safety

Parker, Malcolm (2014). Unreasonable adjustments: medical education, mental disorder, disability discrimination and public safety. Journal of Law and Medicine, 22 (1), 31-53.

Unreasonable adjustments: medical education, mental disorder, disability discrimination and public safety

2014

Journal Article

Doctors' knowledge of the law on withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining medical treatment

White, Ben, Willmott, Lindy, Cartwright, Colleen, Parker, Malcolm H. and Williams, Gail (2014). Doctors' knowledge of the law on withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining medical treatment. Medical Journal of Australia, 201 (4), 229-232. doi: 10.5694/mja13.00217

Doctors' knowledge of the law on withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining medical treatment

2014

Journal Article

Senility

Parker, Malcolm (2014). Senility. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 11 (2), 151-151. doi: 10.1007/s11673-014-9529-0

Senility

2014

Journal Article

An anonymous death

Parker, Malcolm (2014). An anonymous death. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 11 (2), 181-181. doi: 10.1007/s11673-014-9532-5

An anonymous death

2014

Journal Article

The propaganda of cells

Parker, Malcolm (2014). The propaganda of cells. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 11 (2), 171-171. doi: 10.1007/s11673-014-9530-7

The propaganda of cells

2014

Journal Article

Monday 7 a.m.

Parker, Malcolm (2014). Monday 7 a.m.. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 11 (2), 137-137. doi: 10.1007/s11673-014-9523-6

Monday 7 a.m.

2014

Journal Article

Vaccination day

Parker, Malcolm (2014). Vaccination day. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 11 (2), 161-161. doi: 10.1007/s11673-014-9531-6

Vaccination day

2014

Journal Article

A fine balance: disability, discrimination and public safety

Parker, Malcolm (2014, 04 17). A fine balance: disability, discrimination and public safety

A fine balance: disability, discrimination and public safety

2014

Journal Article

"See you next week - unless I'm dead"

Parker, Malcolm (2014). "See you next week - unless I'm dead". Journal of Law and Medicine, 21 (3), 543-549.

"See you next week - unless I'm dead"

2014

Journal Article

Brain death, pregnancy and Texas law: the case of Marlise Munoz

Parker, Malcolm (2014, 01 21). Brain death, pregnancy and Texas law: the case of Marlise Munoz

Brain death, pregnancy and Texas law: the case of Marlise Munoz

2014

Conference Publication

'Thrown in the Deep End' - Graduating University of Queensland Students Transition into Medical Practice

Davin, Lorna, Thistlethwaite, Jill, Eley, Diann, Parker, Malcolm and Bartle, Emma (2014). 'Thrown in the Deep End' - Graduating University of Queensland Students Transition into Medical Practice. Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Education (ANZAHPE) 2014 Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 7-10 July 2014.

'Thrown in the Deep End' - Graduating University of Queensland Students Transition into Medical Practice

2014

Book Chapter

Medical law and ethics (component throughout dictionary)

Parker, M. (2014). Medical law and ethics (component throughout dictionary). Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions. (pp. 1-1853) edited by P. Harris, S. Nagy and N. Vardaxis. Sydney Australia: Elsevier.

Medical law and ethics (component throughout dictionary)

2014

Book Chapter

Medical and Health Ethics and Law

Parker, Malcolm (2014). Medical and Health Ethics and Law. Health Law in Australia. (pp. 23-67) Pyrmont NSW: Thomson Reuters.

Medical and Health Ethics and Law

2013

Journal Article

Jabs and barbs: ways to address misleading vaccination and immunisation information using currently available strategies

Wardle, Jon, Stewart, Cameron and Parker, Malcolm (2013). Jabs and barbs: ways to address misleading vaccination and immunisation information using currently available strategies. Journal of Law and Medicine, 21 (1), 159-178.

Jabs and barbs: ways to address misleading vaccination and immunisation information using currently available strategies

2013

Journal Article

Clinical photography in dermatology: ethical and medico-legal considerations in the age of digital and smartphone technology

Kunde, Lauren, McMeniman, Erin and Parker, Malcolm (2013). Clinical photography in dermatology: ethical and medico-legal considerations in the age of digital and smartphone technology. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 54 (3), 192-197. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12063

Clinical photography in dermatology: ethical and medico-legal considerations in the age of digital and smartphone technology

2013

Journal Article

Defending the indefensible? Psychiatry, assisted suicide and human freedom

Parker, Malcolm (2013). Defending the indefensible? Psychiatry, assisted suicide and human freedom. International Journal of Law And Psychiatry, 36 (5-6), 485-497. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2013.06.007

Defending the indefensible? Psychiatry, assisted suicide and human freedom

2013

Journal Article

The elusive grail of social inclusion in medical selection

Sturman, Nancy and Parker, Malcolm (2013). The elusive grail of social inclusion in medical selection. Medical Education, 47 (6), 542-544. doi: 10.1111/medu.12211

The elusive grail of social inclusion in medical selection

2013

Journal Article

Open disclosure: ethical, professional and legal obligations, and the way forward for regulation

Finlay, Angus J. F., Stewart, Cameron L. and Parker, Malcolm (2013). Open disclosure: ethical, professional and legal obligations, and the way forward for regulation. Medical Journal of Australia, 198 (8), 445-448. doi: 10.5694/mja12.10734

Open disclosure: ethical, professional and legal obligations, and the way forward for regulation

2013

Other Outputs

Can Leadership Really Be Taught?

Parker, M. (2013, 05 01). Can Leadership Really Be Taught? DoctorQ 24.

Can Leadership Really Be Taught?

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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