Dr Miran Epstein
Senior Lecturer in Medical Ethics and Law
email: m.epstein@qmul.ac.uk
Phone: +44 20 7882 7086
Fax: +44 20 7882 2552
Centre for Primary Care and Public Health
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Postal address:
2 Newark Street
Whitechapel
London
E1 2AT
Miran Epstein is Senior Lecturer in Medical Ethics and Law at the Academic Unit for Human Science and Medical Ethics in the Centre for Primary Care and Public Health. He is Staff President of the Barts and The London Ethics and Music Societies.
Before joining Barts and The London School of Medicine in 2002, he had studied medicine and history and philosophy of science at Tel Aviv University, completing a PhD thesis on the history of contemporary medical ethics.
Miran Epstein is a member of The Transplantation Society (TTS), and serves as a journal referee for New England Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Transplantation, Lancet Oncology, Journal of Medical Ethics, and Indian Journal of Medical Sciences.
Research interests:
Miran Epstein’s main research interests include history and sociology of medical ethics and bioethics and history, sociology and philosophy of science and medicine.
Publications:
Journals
Epstein M. Critique of moral judgment: sociology versus neuroscience. AJOB Neuroscience 2011; 2(2): 26-28.
Epstein M. The truth of scientific medicine. Book review. Sociology of Health & Illness 2011; 32 (7): 1120–1121.
Epstein M. If I were a rich man could I sell a pancreas? A study in the locus of oppression. J Med Ethics. 2011; 37: 109-112.
Alameri M, Epstein M, Johnston A. Generic and therapeutic substitutions: are they always ethical in their own terms? Pharm World Sci 2010; 32(6): 691-5.
Epstein M. The Filipino connection: a response to our critics. bmj.com (rapid response) 6 September 2010.http://www.bmj.com/content/336/7657/1377.extract/reply#bmj_el_241272.
Epstein M, Chua A, Danovitch GM. The Filipino connection. bmj.com (rapid response) 15 August 2010.http://www.bmj.com/content/336/7657/1377.extract/reply#bmj_el_241272.
Epstein M. Capitalising on the disenfranchised. BMJ.com (rapid response). http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/340/may04_1/c2188#235422
Epstein M. How will the economic downturn affect academic bioethics? Bioethics 2010; 24(5):226-233.
Al Ameri M, Johnston A, Epstein M. Ethical issues in generic and therapeutic substitution. Pharm World Sci 2010; 32:269.
Epstein M. The organ crisis. Project Syndicate (Health and Medicine) 26 March 2010.
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/mepstein1/English
Epstein M. The political economy of death and the history of its criteria. Rev Neuroscience 2009; 20(3-4):293-297.
Epstein M. Pros and cons of a regulated market in organs. Lancet 2009; 374 (9707): 2049-50.
Epstein M. Death with dignity: Thin ice over murky water. BMJ 28 July 2009.
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/339/jul16_1/b2883#217825.
Epstein M. Sociological and ethical issues in transplant commercialism. Curr Opin Organ Tran 2009; 14(2):134-139.
Epstein M, Danovitch GM. Is altruistic-directed living unrelated organ donation a legal fiction? Editorial comment. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2009; 24:357-360.
Epstein M. 'Tell us what you want to do, and we'll tell you how to do it ethically' - Academic bioethics: routinely ideological and occasionally corrupt. American Journal of Bioethics 2008; 8(8):63-65.
Epstein M. The Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism: An important international achievement with one disturbing loophole. BMJ 4th July 2008. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters?lookup=by_date&days=1#198338.
Zosmer A, Epstein M, Al-Shawaf T. Ethical recruitment of patients for PGS trial. Human Reproduction 2008; 23(6):1472.
Epstein M. The ethics of regulated markets in organs: Juggling with interests and shame. Proceedings of 3eme Colloque France-Maghreb. 2007:47-51.
Epstein M. The ethics of poverty and the poverty of ethics: The case of Palestinian prisoners in Israel seeking to sell their kidneys in order to feed their children. J Med Ethics 2007; 33:473-474.
Epstein M. Clinical trials in the developing world. The Lancet 2007; 369(9576):1859.
Epstein M. Legal and institutional fictions in medical ethics: A common, and yet largely overlooked, phenomenon. J Med Ethics 2007; 33(6):362-364.
Epstein M. The concept of brain death: Let us not ignore the context of its social reception. J Med Ethics (17 April 2007) eLetter. http://jme.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/33/4/197.
Epstein M. Legitimizing the shameful: End-of-life ethics and the political economy of death. Bioethics 2007; 21(1):23-31.
Epstein M. and Wingate D. L. Is the NHS research ethics committees system to be outsourced to a low-cost off-shore call centre? Reflections on human research ethics after the Warner Report. J Med Ethics 2006; 33(1):45-47.
Epstein M. Why effective consent presupposes autonomous authorisation: A counter-orthodox argument. J Med Ethics 2006; 32:342-345.
Epstein M. An age-old dilemma. Ha’aretz.com 5 April 2002. http://www.haaretz.com/culture/books/an-age-old-dilemma-1.48607.
Epstein M. The right to die with dignity in Israel: Other thoughts about ethics and policy. The Journal of Medicine and Law, November 2001:240-255 (Hebrew).
Epstein M. The new medical ethics and the ideology of the health care market: The birth of a new social consciousness. Zmanim Quarterly for History 2001; 73:88-95 (Hebrew).
Epstein M. Health, market, and alleged liberty: The Patient’s Rights Act in historical context. The Journal of Medicine and Law April 2000:6-13 (Hebrew).
Epstein M. Euthanasia in historical context: Autonomy and rationing. Harefuah, August 1999; (3-4)137:117-119 (Hebrew).
Mozes B., Epstein M. et al. Evaluation of the appropriateness of blood and blood product transfusion using preset criteria. Transfusion 1989; 29(6):473-476.
Books and chapters:
Epstein M. (in press for 2010). A systematic introduction to the philosophy of science. In C. Seale (ed.) Researching Society and Culture Third Edition. London: Sage.
Epstein M. (in press for 2010). Ethical issues in transplantation. In N. Hakim (ed.) Introduction to Transplantation. London: Imperial College Press.
Hakim N, Papalois V, Epstein M (eds.) (in press for 2010). Modern Surgery: Ethical and Legal Issues. London: Imperial College Press (forthcoming).
Epstein M (2001). Air pollution and public health in Israel: Current state, social aspects, and the change needed. Heschel Center, Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies. (Hebrew).
Epstein M (co-author) (2001). In D. Khenin (ed.) Vital signs 2001. Worldwatch Institute, Heschel Center and the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies.
Epstein M. (co-author) (2000). In D. Khenin (ed.) Vital signs 2000. Worldwatch Institute, Heschel Center and the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies (Hebrew).
Postgraduate teaching:
Dr Epstein welcomes proposals for postgraduate research in any area of medical ethics and bioethics, especially involving historical aspects.