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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 471 6135
Email
john.mcmillan@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor
Department
Bioethics Centre
Qualifications
BA(Hons) PhD(Otago)
Research summary
The methods of bioethics, prioritisation, public health ethics, the philosophy and ethics of mental health and research ethics. I’m always happy to talk with those thinking about postgraduate projects in these areas.
Teaching
Memberships

Research

John has published broadly within bioethics.

His book projects include Principles of Healthcare Ethics (with Ashcroft, Dawson, and Draper) 2007, Empirical Ethics in Psychiatry (with Widdershoven, Hope, and Van der Scheer) OUP 2008, The Limits of Consent (with Corrigan, Liddell, Richards, and Weijer) OUP 2009, and Responsibility and Psychopathy: Interfacing Law, Psychiatry, and Philosophy (with Malatesti) OUP 2010.

His most recent book is The Methods of Bioethics: An Essay in Metabioethics which was published in 2018.

Publications

McMillan, J. (2025). Future of good medical ethics. Journal of Medical Ethics, 51, 297. doi: 10.1136/jme-2025-110966 Journal - Research Other

McMillan, J., & Savulescu, J. (2025). Medical ethics in China and making tacit publication criteria explicit: Tips on getting your paper accepted. Journal of Medical Ethics, 51(1), 1-2. doi: 10.1136/jme-2024-110623 Journal - Research Other

McMillan, J. (2024). Context sensitive informal coercion and coercive offers. American Journal of Bioethics, 24(12), 103-105. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2024.2416150 Journal - Research Other

Walker, S., & McMillan, J. (2024). Memory, identity and dementia. In T. Schramme & M. Walker (Eds.), Handbook of the philosophy of medicine. (Living ed.) Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-8706-2_64-2 Chapter in Book - Research

McMillan, J., & Pickering, N. (2024). Appreciating your interests. American Journal of Bioethics, 24(8), 106-108. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2024.2361906 Journal - Research Other

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