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
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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)

161 - 180 of 254 works

2004

Journal Article

Medicalizing meaning: demoralization syndrome and the desire to die

Parker, M. (2004). Medicalizing meaning: demoralization syndrome and the desire to die. Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry, 38 (10), 765-773. doi: 10.1080/j.1440-1614.2004.01460.x

Medicalizing meaning: demoralization syndrome and the desire to die

2004

Journal Article

Blowing the virtue-ethics whistle: Response to Faunce

Parker, M. (2004). Blowing the virtue-ethics whistle: Response to Faunce. Monash Bioethics Review, 23 (4), 56-59. doi: 10.1007/BF03351420

Blowing the virtue-ethics whistle: Response to Faunce

2004

Journal Article

Failed sterilisations and the unwanted child: A new medicolegal minefield?

Parker, M. H. (2004). Failed sterilisations and the unwanted child: A new medicolegal minefield?. Medical Journal of Australia, 180 (10), 540-540. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06063.x

Failed sterilisations and the unwanted child: A new medicolegal minefield?

2004

Journal Article

Response to Orr and Siegler - collective intentionality and procreative desires: the permissible view on consent to posthumous conception

Parker, M. (2004). Response to Orr and Siegler - collective intentionality and procreative desires: the permissible view on consent to posthumous conception. Journal of Medical Ethics, 30 (4), 389-392. doi: 10.1136/jme.2002.002493

Response to Orr and Siegler - collective intentionality and procreative desires: the permissible view on consent to posthumous conception

2004

Conference Publication

Competence by consequence: Ambiguity and incoherence in the law

Parker, Malcolm Holbrook (2004). Competence by consequence: Ambiguity and incoherence in the law. 15th World Congress on Medical Law, Sydney, Australia, 1-5 August 2004. Sydney, Australia: World Association for Medical Law; Australian College of Legal Medicine.

Competence by consequence: Ambiguity and incoherence in the law

2004

Journal Article

Judging capacity: Paternalism and the risk-related standard

Parker, M. (2004). Judging capacity: Paternalism and the risk-related standard. Journal of Law and Medicine, 11 (4), 482-491.

Judging capacity: Paternalism and the risk-related standard

2004

Conference Publication

Judging professionalism: Maintaining momentum in the assessment of medical students' attitudes and behaviour

Parker, M., Turner, J., Heilbronn, J., Bore, P. and Donald, K. (2004). Judging professionalism: Maintaining momentum in the assessment of medical students' attitudes and behaviour. Conference proceedings ANZAME Conference, Adelaide, 24-27 Jun, 2004. Adelaide: Australian & NZ Assoc for Health Professional Education (ANZAME).

Judging professionalism: Maintaining momentum in the assessment of medical students' attitudes and behaviour

2004

Journal Article

Advance care planning and end of life decision making

Cartwright, C. M. and Parker, M. H. (2004). Advance care planning and end of life decision making. Australian Family Physician, 33 (10), 815-819.

Advance care planning and end of life decision making

2004

Journal Article

Ask the experts (medical ethics)

Parker, M. (2004). Ask the experts (medical ethics). Australian Doctor, July 16, 14-14.

Ask the experts (medical ethics)

2003

Journal Article

Updating Australian disclosure requirements (e-letter: rapid responses)

Parker, M. (2003). Updating Australian disclosure requirements (e-letter: rapid responses). BMJ, 327 (7417)

Updating Australian disclosure requirements (e-letter: rapid responses)

2003

Journal Article

"Death talk": debating euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Australia

Parker, M. (2003). "Death talk": debating euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 179 (1), 57-58.

"Death talk": debating euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Australia

2003

Journal Article

"Death talk": Debating euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Australia (multiple letters)

Hunt, Roger W., Parker, Malcolm, Syme, Rodney A., Anaf, Julia M., Nommensen, Clem F., Coombe, Frances J. and Somerville, Margaret A. (2003). "Death talk": Debating euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Australia (multiple letters). Medical Journal of Australia, 179 (1), 57-60.

"Death talk": Debating euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Australia (multiple letters)

2003

Journal Article

Graduate entry to medical studies: thoughts from 'down under' (editorial)

Miflin, Barbara, Harris, Pamela, Donald, Ken, Bore, Peter, Parker, Malcolm, Groves, Michele and Hardie, Ian (2003). Graduate entry to medical studies: thoughts from 'down under' (editorial). Medical Teacher, 25 (2), 109-111.

Graduate entry to medical studies: thoughts from 'down under' (editorial)

2003

Journal Article

A response to 'Squandering our medical inheritance or just adapting things?'

Forbes, K., Groves, M. and Parker, M. (2003). A response to 'Squandering our medical inheritance or just adapting things?'. AMAQ News, 3 (11), 15-15.

A response to 'Squandering our medical inheritance or just adapting things?'

2003

Journal Article

The regulation of complementary health: sacrificing integrity?

Parker, MH (2003). The regulation of complementary health: sacrificing integrity?. Medical Journal of Australia, 179 (6), 316-318. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05557.x

The regulation of complementary health: sacrificing integrity?

2003

Journal Article

Any sign of withdrawal symptoms? (Pan Pharmaceuticals case) (letter)

Parker, M. (2003). Any sign of withdrawal symptoms? (Pan Pharmaceuticals case) (letter). Courier Mail

Any sign of withdrawal symptoms? (Pan Pharmaceuticals case) (letter)

2003

Conference Publication

An ethical appraisal of life extension

Parker, M. (2003). An ethical appraisal of life extension. Life Extension Symposium, Brisbane, 24 May 2003. Sydney: Life Extenders.

An ethical appraisal of life extension

2003

Journal Article

Reasoning about embryos, cloning and stem cells: Let's get more clear and distinct

Parker, M. (2003). Reasoning about embryos, cloning and stem cells: Let's get more clear and distinct. Monash Bioethics Review, 22 (1), 8-17. doi: 10.1007/BF03351383

Reasoning about embryos, cloning and stem cells: Let's get more clear and distinct

2003

Journal Article

Ethics of research involving humans: Uniform processes for disparate categories?

Parker, M., Holt, J., Turner, G. and Broerse, J. (2003). Ethics of research involving humans: Uniform processes for disparate categories?. Monash Bioethics Review, 22 (3), 50-65. doi: 10.1007/bf03351397

Ethics of research involving humans: Uniform processes for disparate categories?

2003

Journal Article

Chinese dragon or toothless tiger? Regulating the professional competence of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners

Parker, M. (2003). Chinese dragon or toothless tiger? Regulating the professional competence of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. Journal of Law and Medicine, 10 (3), 285-295.

Chinese dragon or toothless tiger? Regulating the professional competence of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners

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

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Supervision history

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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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