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Michael Dunn
Collaborators
- Prof. Tony Hope, Prof. Mike Parker, Dr. Mark Sheehan and Dr. 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
- Dunn Michael (2011) Discourses of disability and clinical ethics support Clinical Ethics, 6(1):32-38.
- Ganyo M, Dunn Michael, and Hope Tony (2011) 'Ethical issues in the use of fall detectors' Ageing and Society, 31(8):1350-1367.
- Herring J and Dunn Michael (2011) 'Safeguarding children and adults: Much of a muchness?' Child and Family Law Quarterly, 23(4):528-538.
- McClimans L, Dunn Michael, and Slowther Anne (2011) 'Health policy, patient-centred care and clinical ethics' Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 17(5):913-919.
- Redley M, Clare I, Dunn Michael, and Holland A (2011) 'Introducing the Independant Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) service and the reform of adult safeguarding procedures' British Journal of Social Work, 41(6):1058-1069.
| michael.dunn@ethox.ox.ac.uk | |
| Tel | +44 (0)1865 287889 |
| Fax | +44 (0)1865 287884 |
| Contact address | The Ethox Centre, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Rosemary Rue Building, 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 ethics and the social sciences, with a specific focus on mental health and social care. 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
- substitute/surrogate decision-making
- 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 interests, Mikey teaches medical ethics and law to clinical students at the University of Oxford's Medical School, where he leads classes on the ethical and legal aspects of confidentiality, consent, treatment at the end of life, clinical genetics, medical research, and reproductive medicine. He is also involved in the development of the Oxford Advanced Programme in Social Care within the Department for Continuing Education, and he contributes to a programme of research ethics training for biomedical scientists and clinician researchers, led by Mark Sheehan.
Beyond the University of Oxford, Mikey is 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. He is a member of the national Social Care Research Ethics Committee (SCREC), and a member of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust's Clinical Ethics Advisory Group. He is also a member of two international bioethics consortiums: the GABEX Bioethics Alliance, based at the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Law, University of Tokyo, and the Bioethics, Sexuality, and Gender Identity Project, based at the Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania.
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.
