I work at the University of Aberdeen where I have academic homes in both the Health Services Research Unit (Institute of Applied Health Sciences) and the Philosophy team (School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History).

My research and teaching are highly interdisciplinary. Broadly speaking, I use philosophy and social research to understand and address concerns about quality, ethics and social justice in health care, public health work and (more recently) funeral provision. I am particularly interested in what are sometimes called person-centred approaches to service provision - you might prefer to talk about the humanity in health …

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