Emeritus Professor Malcolm Parker

Emeritus Professor

Academy for Medical Education
Faculty of Medicine

Overview

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

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.

Qualifications

  • Doctoral Diploma of Medicine, The University of Queensland
  • Masters (Coursework), University of Melbourne
  • Masters (Coursework), University of New England Australia
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science, The University of Queensland

Publications

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Publications

Book

  • Stewart, Cameron, Kerridge, Ian and Parker, Malcolm (2008). The Australian medico-legal handbook. 1 ed. Sydney ; Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier.

Book Chapter

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

  • 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.

  • Parker, Malcolm (2013). Australia and New Zealand. Practical professionalism in medicine: a global case-based workbook. (pp. xx-xx) edited by Roger Worthington and Richard Hays. Milton Keynes, United Kingdom: Radcliffe Health.

  • Parker, Malcolm (2011). Adolescent Confidentiality. Clinical Ethics in Pediatrics: A Case-Based Textbook.. (pp. 18-22) edited by D. Diekema, M. Mercurio and M. Adam. Cambridge, England, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511740336.005

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Devereux, John and Parker, Malcolm (2006). Competency issues for young persons and older persons. Disputes and Dilemmas in Health Law. (pp. 54-76) edited by Ian R. Freckelton and Kerry Anne Petersen. Annandale, N.S.W., Australia: Federation Press.

  • Parker, M. H. (2005). Medical law and ethics (ie component throughout dictionary). Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions. (pp. ---) edited by P. Harris, S. Nagy and N. Vardaxis. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Mosby-Elsevier.

  • Parker, M. and Cartwright, C. (2005). Mental capacity in medical practice and advance care planning: Clinical, ethical and legal issues. Mental Capacity: Powers of Attorney and Advance Health Directives. (pp. 56-92) edited by B. Collier, C. Coyne and K. Sullivan. Sydney, Australia: Federation Press.

  • Parker, Malcolm Holbrook (1996). The Sanctity of Life and Resource Allocation: Voluntarism, Coercion & the Common Good. An Easeful Death? : Perspectives on Death, Dying and Euthanasia. (pp. 129-136) Leichhardt, N.S.W., Australia: Federation Press.

Journal Article

Conference Publication

Edited Outputs

  • Parker, Malcolm Holbrook ed. (1994). Conference Proceedings: Ethics and the Practice of Medicine. Conference on Ethics and the Practice of Medicine, The University of Queensland, October, 1994. Brisbane, Qld, Australia: The University of Queensland.

  • Malcolm Parker ed. (1994). Ethics and the Practice of Medicine. Ethics and the Practice of Medicine. Faculty of Medicine Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 27 October 1994.

Other Outputs