The Mason Institute
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Interdisciplinary research centre based at Edinburgh Law School focused on ethics and law at the interface between health, medicine and the life sciences.
University of Edinburgh
Joined August 2012
**Book Publication** Scottish Medical Law Essentials (2nd Edition) by Dr Murray Earle, Edinburgh Law School. An indispensable guide to Medical Law in Scotland, fully updated with the latest statutes and case law. Available here:
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Registration is now open to attend the MI webinar, 'Global South Healthcare Professional Shortages: A Structural Injustice' presented by Rebecca Richards, PhD candidate at Edinburgh Law School. Tues, 11 February 2025 | 13:00 - 14:00 (GMT) Register here:
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Join us on Tues, 4 Feb 2025 from 13:00 - 14:00 online via Zoom for a Mason Institute Webinar presented by Mehrunisha Suleman titled 'Should Medicine Be Colour Blind?' Details and registration available here: All are welcome!
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Webinar Recording Now Available - 'Population Health and the Law: Alcohol Minimum Pricing in Scotland and Wales' presented by Simon Jones (Cardiff University). You can watch the presentation on the MI media channel:
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Webinar recording available - A Staged Analysis of Informed Consent: Balancing Medical and Patient Perspectives presented by Dr Louise Austin (University of Leicester). You can watch the presentation now on the MI media channel:
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Join us on Tuesday, 26 November from 13:00 - 14:00 (GMT) for the final MI webinar of the semester, 'One Health Ethics: Just(ice) Do It - Why Including Animals as Subjects of Justice May Help Address Global Problems,' presented by Emma Nance. Register here:
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This summer, the Mason Institute hosted a workshop for the RSE funded project, When Borders Change: Public Health, Trade and the Role of Law in the UK and Ireland, led by Prof @amfarrell101 and Prof @MaryDonnellyLaw.
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In September, the Mason Institute hosted a welcome event for the new on-campus LLM in Medical Law & Ethics cohort. Dr @murrayearle spoke to students about the origins of the Institute including the seminal work by the late Prof J. Kenyon Mason, for whom the Institute is named.
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Join us on 19 Nov from 1-2pm (GMT) via Zoom for the Mason Institute webinar, 'Reproductive Justice, Telemedical Abortion, and the Experiences of Marginalised Abortion-Seekers in Great Britain' presented by @sabrinakgermain and @ECRomanis. Register here:
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RT @JamieDWebb: Very pleased to share the first piece of published research from my PhD: an ethical analysis of the relationship between pa…
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Join us for the upcoming MI webinar entitled 'A Staged Analysis of Informed Consent: Balancing Medical and Patient Perspectives' presented by Dr Louise Austin. Tues, 12 November 2024 from 13:00 - 14:00 (GMT) via Zoom. Registration: All are welcome!
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Join MI Deputy Director, Dr Josephine Greenbrook, for the Nordic Global Health Talk, 'Where Medicine Meets Migration Control Policy: The Boundaries Longitudinal Study' on Friday, 1 Nov 2024 at 10:00am (CET) / 9:00am (UK time) via Zoom. Register here:
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*** MI Webinar *** 'Population Health and the Law: Alcohol Minimum Pricing in Scotland and Wales' presented by Simon Jones (Cardiff University) Tues 5 Nov 2024 from 13:00 - 14:00 Details and registration below:
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@harringtonj3 @LeverhulmeTrust @cardiffuni @LSWalesCDdCymru @CardiffLaw @BristolEthics Congratulations John!!
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RT @EdinburghUni: The UK government has announced its plan to compensate thousands of infected blood victims and families but will justice…
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MI Director Prof Anne-Maree Farrell acted for many infected blood victims in litigation in Ireland and Australia during her time in legal practice See her review of the UK govt's new infected blood compensation scheme @UoELawSchool via @ConversationUK
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Tickets available for Edinburgh Science Festival's 'Identity by Algorithm'! Join @emily_postan for discussion on how patterns identified by AI might also create new ways of thinking about who we are. 3 April 2024 | 7:00pm | The Bayes Centre
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** New MI Blog Post ** 📢 Postgraduate Bioethics Conference (PGBC 23) This past summer, members of the MI PhD Research Group welcomed over 80 people to the 18th Annual PG Bioethics Conference. Read their reflections on the event here:
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** New MI Blog Post ** 📢 Edinburgh's Online LLM in Medical Law and Ethics: Reflections Our recent graduates and Programme Director, Gerard Porter, reflect on their time working on the Online LLM in Medical Law and Ethics. Read their reflections here:
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