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Michael Dunn
Collaborators
- Prof. Tony Hope, Prof. Mike Parker, Dr. Mark Sheehan and Charles Foster, The Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
- Prof. Tom Burns and the ULTIMA/OCTET research teams, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
- Dr. Rupert McShane and Dr. Daniel Maughan, OBMH NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr. Isabel Clare, Dr. Marcus Redley, Dr. Elizabeth Fistein and Prof. Tony Holland, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
- Dr. Jonathan Ives, Centre for Biomedical Ethics, University of Birmingham
- Dr. Leah McClimans and Dr. Anne Slowther, Institute of Clinical Education, University of Warwick
- Dr. Jennifer Clegg, Centre for Rehabilitation and Ageing, University of Nottingham
- Dr. Sophie Behrman, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Michelle Ganyo, Health Science Center, Texas A&M College of Medicine
Recent Publications
- Behrman S and Dunn Michael (2010) 'Physical restraint of medical inpatients:Unravelling the red tape' Clinical Ethics, 5(1):16-21.
- Dunn Michael and Foster C (2010) 'Autonomy and welfare as amici curiae' Medical Law Review, 18(1):86-95.
- Dunn Michael, Clare I.C.H, and Holland A.J (2010) 'Living a life like ours':Support workers' accounts of substitute decision-making in residential care homes for people with intellectual disabilities' Journal of Intellectual Disabilities Research, 54(2):144-160.
- Dunn Michael (2009) 'Surrogate decision making' In: Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making, ed. by M.W.Kattan. Sage, Thousand Oaks CA, chap. volume 2, pp. 1105-1109.
- Dunn Michael and Ives J (2009) 'Methodolgy, Epistemology and Empirical Bioethics Research:A constructive/ist commentary' American Journal of Bioethics, 9(6-7):93-95.
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| Contact address | The Ethox Centre, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LF |
Overview
Mikey is leading and developing a new programme of empirical ethics research which aims to improve ethical standards in the everyday care, support and treatment provided to 'vulnerable adults'. This new initiative is funded through the generous support of the Ethox Foundation.
One of the main objectives of this programme is to develop research capacity, education, and ethics support in social care ethics, understood as a field of inquiry connected to, but distinct from, medical ethics. Three inter-related themes for research and development have been formulated:
- Ethical issues raised by the technological transformation of care work
- The 'moral world' of residential care environments
- Empirical and ethical dimensions of the contemporary legal, political and regulatory landscape of adult mental health and social care
Projects within the three themes integrate ethical, policy and legal analyses with empirical studies that explore the experiences and understandings of the men and women who work in, and receive support in, a range of health and social care settings. For further information about these projects, please get in touch.
The scope of the programme will extend ultimately to the care and support provided to different groups of adults, including those with dementia, intellectual disabilities, brain injuries and long-term mental health difficulties.
Research interests and other activities
Mikey's research interests lie broadly at the intersection of mental health, ethics and the social sciences. He is particularly interested in:
- the application of political, legal and ethical concepts in health and social care practice
- the ethics of everyday living, care, and personal/social support
- the character of human vulnerability
- the theoretical and methodological foundations of empirical ethics research
- research ethics and governance in social care and the social sciences
Linked to his current research and interest in clinical ethics, Mikey teaches medical ethics and law to clinical students at the University of Oxford's Medical School, and is involved in the development of the Oxford Advanced Programme in Social Care within the Department for Continuing Education. He is also an external tutor at the University of Bradford for vocational training courses relating to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and its Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, a member of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust's Clinical Ethics Advisory Group, and a member of the GABEX Bioethics Consortium.
Linked to his interest in research ethics, Mikey is a member of the national Social Care Research Ethics Committee (SCREC), and he contributes to a programme of research ethics training for biomedical scientists and clinician researchers, led by Dr Mark Sheehan.
Biography
Mikey's background is in the social sciences, and he holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from the University of Cambridge. He received his B.A. in Geography in 2004, his M.A. in 2007, and was awarded his Ph.D. in 2009. His interdisciplinary doctorate was funded by a Wellcome Trust Studentship in Biomedical Ethics, and was undertaken in the Cambridge Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Group of the Department of Psychiatry. For a summary of his thesis, please click here.
Mikey has also worked previously with adults and young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, both as a support worker and learning support assistant.
