Contact Details
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- Position
- Senior Teaching Fellow
- Department
- Bioethics Centre
- Qualifications
- MBHL MBChB PGDipBHL
- Research summary
- The focus of my Master of Bioethics and Health Law was the ethical and legal permissibility of testing embryos for low IQ.
- Teaching
- Bioethics teaching to students of medicine, pharmacy, and physiotherapy
- Curriculum Development
- Co-ordinate and support other tutors
- Lead Tutor for Year 3 EPE (Early Professional Experience). Teaching EPE to Year 2 and Year 3 medical students
Research
I plan to pursue a PhD, with a focus on public health ethics. I am interested in how we define and portray health issues affecting New Zealanders, which have significant impacts on New Zealand society as a whole. I would like to look at whether we need to move from a framework of libertarianism and individual responsibility to a more communitarian, public health-centred approach.
Publications
McHugh, P., Smith, M., Wright, N. S., Bush, S., & Pullon, S. (2019). If you don't eat meat... you'll die: A mixed-method survey of health-professionals' beliefs. Nutrients, 11, 3028. doi: 10.3390/nu11123028 Journal - Research Article