Dr Douglas Morrison

Doug's first career was in acute healthcare care and later in the area of mental health. His interest in law arose from some psychiatrist's refusal to section, but recommendation that a common law duty existed on staff to prevent their leaving. Current interests are Mental Health and Medical law, regulation and policy, and more recently Legal Education.

Doug completed his PhD at the University of Leeds, the title of which was ' A Relational Approach to Consent in the context of posthumous organ and tissue retention.' Chapter Two of the PhD being published in the Medical Law review before his PhD completion.

Doug has given various conference papers around mental health alone or in collaboration as well as conferences regarding vulnerability theory and neoliberalism.

Doug is currently looking at the concept of integrity and parity of esteem within the context of healthcare.

Doug has successfully supervised a number of PhD students and currently has three students and a possible 4th. He has external examiner experience from Nottingham Trent University and Westminster University.

• Tort law
• Dissertation module
• Healthcare law
• Mental health law and policy - latter ending academic year 2024