Course details

Dr Paquita de Zulueta (Course Director)
GP in North West London. Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Imperial College. Undergraduate and postgraduate teacher of medical ethics and law at Imperial College and in general practice.

Dr Daniel Sokol
 (Course Co-director)
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medical Ethics at Imperial College Faculty of Medicine. Former Intern in Clinical Ethics, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada. International Editor of the Journal of Hospital Ethics.

Dr Piers Benn
Philosopher, medical ethicist and Visiting Lecturer at Heythrop College, London. Author of 'Ethics' and 'Commitment'

Deborah Boyle
Consultant Gynaecologist at the Royal Free Hospital London; Author of ‘Religion and Medicine' - a handbook for healthcare providers outlining major world faiths and how belief may impact on healthcare des ir es and delivery; Gynaecologist with a special interest in lower genital tract disease including vulval disorders and lead fo r gynaecology risk management at the Royal Free.

Dr Mayura Deshpande
Consultant Adolescent Forensic Psychiatrist and Clinical Service Director, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Liliane Field
Medicolegal Adviser with the Medical Protection Society

Dr Jonathan Martin
Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Michael Parker
Michael is Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Ethox Centre at the University of Oxford. His main research interest is in the ethical and social dimensions of collaborative global health research.

Professor Carol Seymour
Medicolegal Adviser with the Medical Protection Society since October 2003. She is also a non-practising Barrister, called to the Bar in 2001. Until October 2003, her previous clinical experience has been as an academic physician, now Emeritus Professor, involved in acute medical intakes and the care of, and research into inborn errors of metabolism, mostly affecting the liver.