Overview
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
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
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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.
Works
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2010
Journal Article
In that case. Call for responses: "Two concepts of dignity and integrity"
Parker, Malcolm (2010). In that case. Call for responses: "Two concepts of dignity and integrity". Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 7 (2), 273-273. doi: 10.1007/s11673-010-9227-5
2010
Journal Article
Four decades of complaints to a State Medical Board about graduates from one medical school: Implications for change in self-regulation processes
Parker, Malcolm, Zhang, Jianzhen, Wilkinson, David and Peterson, Raymond (2010). Four decades of complaints to a State Medical Board about graduates from one medical school: Implications for change in self-regulation processes. Journal of Law and Medicine, 17 (4), 493-501.
2010
Journal Article
Indigenous health, resource distribution and patient safety raise common questions
Parker, Malcolm H. (2010). Indigenous health, resource distribution and patient safety raise common questions. Australian Medicine, 22 (10), 23-24.
2010
Journal Article
Diagnosis, power and certainty: Response to Davis
Parker, Malcolm (2010). Diagnosis, power and certainty: Response to Davis. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 7 (3), 291-297. doi: 10.1007/s11673-010-9249-z
2010
Book Chapter
Medical law and ethics (ie component throughout dictionary)
Parker, Malcolm (2010). Medical law and ethics (ie component throughout dictionary). (pp. 1-2015) edited by Peter Harris, Sue Nagy and Nicholas Vardaxis. Chatswood, N.S.W., Australia: Elsevier Australia.
2010
Conference Publication
Impact of removing the interview as part of selection on student characteristics and academic performance of medical students at the University of Queensland
Zhang, Z., Wilkinson, D., Peterson, R., Rego, P. and Parker, M. (2010). Impact of removing the interview as part of selection on student characteristics and academic performance of medical students at the University of Queensland. 7th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC), Singapore, 4-8 February, 2010. United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03782.x
2010
Conference Publication
Impact of removing the interview as part of selection on student characteristics and academic performance of medical students at the University of Queensland, Australia
Zhang, J., Wilkinson, D., Peterson, R., Rego, P. and Parker, M. (2010). Impact of removing the interview as part of selection on student characteristics and academic performance of medical students at the University of Queensland, Australia. 7th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC), Singapore, 4-8 February 2010. United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03781.x
2010
Other Outputs
Reason and evidence : contributions to philosophy, ethics, law, professionalism and education in medicine
Parker, Malcolm (2010). Reason and evidence : contributions to philosophy, ethics, law, professionalism and education in medicine. Other, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/395119
2010
Conference Publication
Four decades of complaints to a state Medical Board about graduates from one medical school: Implications for change in self-regulation processes
Zhang, J., Parker M. and Wilkinson D. (2010). Four decades of complaints to a state Medical Board about graduates from one medical school: Implications for change in self-regulation processes. 7th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC), Singapore, Republic of Singapore, 4-8 February 2010. Oxford, U.K: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03782.x
2010
Journal Article
Book Review: Bioethics, Justin Oakley (ed)
Parker, Malcolm H. (2010). Book Review: Bioethics, Justin Oakley (ed). Journal of Law and Medicine, 17 (5), 866-870.
2010
Book Chapter
Communication and Professional Behaviour
Parker, Macolm (2010). Communication and Professional Behaviour. Promoting Patient-Centred Care: Communication Skills in Medicine. (pp. 173-186) edited by M Groves and J Fitzgerald. Melbourne Victoria: IP Publications.
2010
Book Chapter
Medical and health ethics
Parker, Malcolm H. (2010). Medical and health ethics. Health law in Australia. (pp. 23-60) edited by Ben White, Fiona McDonald and Lindy Willmott. Pyrmont, N.S.W., Australia: Thomson Reuters.
2010
Conference Publication
Assessing reliability and validity of the admission interview for a large cohort using Generalisability Theory (G-theory)
Zhang, Jenny, Rego, Patricia, Peterson, Raymond, Wilkinson, David and Parker, Malcolm (2010). Assessing reliability and validity of the admission interview for a large cohort using Generalisability Theory (G-theory). Medical Education Teaching and Learning Conference, Brisbane, Qld, Australia, 5 November, 2010.
2009
Journal Article
New perspectives on the end of life
Kerridge, I., Komesaroff, P. A., Parker, M. and Peter, E. (2009). New perspectives on the end of life. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 6 (3), 269-270. doi: 10.1007/s11673-009-9180-3
2009
Journal Article
Experiments in clinical ethics: Review essay
Parker, Malcolm (2009). Experiments in clinical ethics: Review essay. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, 30 (4), 323-333. doi: 10.1007/s11017-009-9105-5
2009
Journal Article
The art of medicine - Redefining the art of medicine
Parker, Malcolm H. (2009, 05 29). The art of medicine - Redefining the art of medicine Australian Doctor 36-36.
2009
Journal Article
Two concepts of empirical ethics
Parker, Malcolm (2009). Two concepts of empirical ethics. Bioethics, 23 (4), 202-213. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2009.01708.x
2009
Journal Article
Ethical aspects of consent
Parker, Malcolm H. and Komesaroff, Paul A. (2009). Ethical aspects of consent. Issues, 86, 24-28.
2009
Journal Article
Late term abortion: How do metaphysics and ethics inform the law?
Parker, Malcolm H. (2009). Late term abortion: How do metaphysics and ethics inform the law?. Luke's Journal, 14 (3), 6-9.
2009
Conference Publication
Changes to student demographics following the introduction of a graduate entry medical program: Experience from Australia's largest school 1997-2006
Zhang, Jenny, Wilkinson, David, Peterson, Raymond and Parker, Malcolm (2009). Changes to student demographics following the introduction of a graduate entry medical program: Experience from Australia's largest school 1997-2006. ANZAME09: Bridging Professional Islands, Launceston, TAS, Australia, 30 June–3 July 2009. Launceston, TAS, Australia: Association for Health Professional Education (ANZAME).
Funding
Supervision
Availability
- Emeritus Professor Malcolm Parker is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
General practice trainee help-seeking, and supervisor input, during trainee consultations with patients
Principal Advisor
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Capacity and Treatment Refusal: How Law Should Deal with the Case of Anorexia Nervosa
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Tamara Walsh
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Unpacking Affective Learning: A Longitudinal, Qualitative Study Exploring How Junior Doctors Learn To Be Compassionate Through Practice.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Di Eley, Dr Emma Bartle
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Contested Concepts: The Salience of Metaphysics to Bioethical Debate.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor William Grey
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Measuring Professional Behaviour of Medical Students, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC)
Associate Advisor
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
A contextual approach for ethical analysis in clinical genetics
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor William Grey
Media
Enquiries
Contact Emeritus Professor Malcolm Parker directly for media enquiries about:
- 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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