General Practice and Ethics

General Practice and Ethicsexplores the ethical issues faced by general physicans in their everyday practice, addressing two central themes: the uncertainty of outcomes and effectiveness in general practice and the changing pattern of general practitioners' responsibilities.

Colin Bradley is Professor of General Practice and Head of Department at University College Cork, Ireland Angus Dawson is a philosopher who teaches health care ethics at the University of Liverpool Christopher Dowrick is Professor of Primary Medical Care at the University of Liverpool and a general practitioner in North Liverpool Len Doyal is Professor of Medical Ethics at St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London Lucy Frith is a philosopher and is Lecturer in Health Care Ethics at the University of Liverpool Roger Higgs is a general practitioner in South London and Professor and Head of the Department of General Practice and Primary Care at King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry in London Roger Jones is Wolfson Professor of General Practice at Guy's, King's and St Thomas's School of Medicine, London Jean McHale is Senior Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Law, University of Manchester Carl May is Senior Research Fellow in Medical Sociology in the Department of General Practice, University of Manchester Nicola Mead read biology and philosophy at the University of Manchester before joining the staff of the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, where she is now a Research Associate Sam Smith is a general practitioner and part-time clinical lecturer at the Department of Primary Care, University of Liverpool