Dr Sue Eckstein
MA, DPhil
Lecturer in Clinical and Biomedical Ethics
Admissions Tutor
Area of Expertise:
Ethics and Humanities
Research Area(s):
Biography
Lecturer in Clinical and Biomedical Ethics, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, 2007–present
Director of Programme Development, Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King's College London, 2004–2007
Research Fellow, Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King's College London, 2002–2004
Research Associate, Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King's College London, 1999–2002
Programme Manager, The Overseas Training Programme, Voluntary Service Overseas, 1991-1999
Programme Director, The Gambia, VSO, 1988-1991
Technical Development Officer, VSO London, 1984-1988
Education
DPhil (Creative Writing), University of Sussex, 2011
MA (Creative Writing, Arts and Education), University of Sussex, 2002
BA (English Literature), Durham University, 1981
Research focus
Research ethics, medical ethics in the developing world, medical humanities
Current research
- Research in autobiographical fiction - the contractual understanding of the relationship between the author, reader and those written about, the "ownership" of memory and the tension between "truth" and "fiction".
- Research into more innovative and ethical ways of using case studies and patient stories.
- Co-editor, Clinical Ethics, RSM Publications
- Co-editor, The Ethics Hub, http://bsmsethics.wordpress.com/
Clinical Ethics, Ethics and Humanities
Academic Skills lead
Society of Authors
Novelist:
Interpreters, Myriad Editions, 2011
The Cloths of Heaven, Myriad Editions, 2009
http://www.myriadeditions.com/?location_id=145
Playwright:
The Cloths of Heaven, Woman's Hour Drama 15th – 20th March 2010
Old School Ties, broadcast on BBC Radio 17th April 2009
Laura - Afternoon Play, broadcast on BBC Radio 5 February 2008
Kaffir Lilies - Afternoon Play, broadcast on BBC Radio 14 July 2006
The Tuesday Group - Performed by BSMS students, November 2011 and as part of King's College London's Art of Dying Festival, February 2003