Moral Leadership in Medicine

Dr Suzanne Shale conducts research, teaches and provides independent advice in the fields of medical ethics and patient experience. She is senior tutor in medical ethics in the School of Medicine, King's College London and holds a senior research role in the Health Experiences Research Group, University of Oxford. She works regularly with the Royal College of Surgeons and the General Medical Council. She has been a member of the National Social Care Research Ethics Committee since its inception, and was the first chair of the College of Emergency Medicine's Lay Advisory Group. She was previously Fellow and Lecturer in Law at New College, University of Oxford, and founding Director of the University's Institute for the Advancement of University Learning.

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Why medicine needs moral leaders; 2. Creating an organizational narrative; 3. Understanding normative expectations in medical moral leadership; Prologue to chapters four and five; 4. Expressing fiduciary, bureaucratic and collegial propriety; 5. Expressing inquisitorial and restorative propriety; Epilogue to chapters four and five; 6. Understanding organizational moral narrative; 7. Moral leadership for ethical organizations; Appendix 1. How the research was done; Appendix 2. Accountability for clinical performance: individuals and organisations; Appendix 3. A brief guide to commonly used ethical frameworks; Index.