COVID-19 Intensive Care Triage Protocol
Dr Daniel Sokol, a leading bioethicist and medical lawyer, has published an Intensive Care Unit triage protocol to help clinicians…
Dr Daniel Sokol
Dr Daniel Sokol is a medical ethicist and clinical negligence barrister at 12 King’s Bench Walk, London. He has taught medical ethics and law at Keele, St George’s and Imperial College London, and sat on committees for the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Justice. He is the author of 3 books and over 250 articles on medical ethics and law. www.medicalethicist.net
Remedial Ethics For Clinicians
Every year, thousands of clinicians and healthcare students undergo formal disciplinary hearings. Each case involves allegations of wrongdoing, from academic…
Doctors, Status and Social Media
One hundred and thirty years ago, Sir William Osler – probably the most celebrated doctor in modern history – gave…
The role of doctors in the assisted dying debate
Following a vote of nearly 7,000 doctors, the Royal College of Physicians has dropped its opposition to assisted dying and…
Tough Choices and medical ethics
Why should non clinicians read it? Because they or someone they know may find themselves in a situation described in…
Top 5 ethical issues in medicine
A leading medical ethicist lists his top 5 ethical issues in medicine today and in the near future. 1. Medical…
Gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare
On Monday 11th June 2018, Sir Norman Williams’ much-awaited report on gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare, commissioned by Jeremy Hunt…
Charlie Gard and his clinical ethicist
In the High Court hearing in the case of Charlie Gard, held on Friday 14th July 2017, the judge ordered…
What doctors need to know about informed consent
Informed consent in medicine is essential. In March 2015, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board,…
Doctors need to toughen up
Doctors and healthcare workers need to accept that they are at risk of being sued or having a complaint made…
Resolving ethical dilemmas in the NHS
Last week, a healthy baby was born from a woman who had been brain dead for nearly five months. The decision…