Patricia Walsh

Biography

Pat Walsh joined the Centre of Medical Law and Ethics in 1994 after teaching philosophy at University College London, LSE and Kingston University. She teaches a wide range of philosophical and ethical issues on both of the Centre's Masters programmes - the MA in Medical Ethics and Law, and the MA in Human Values and Contemporary Global Ethics. She is currently a member of the Ethics Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and chairs and coordinates a group of experts in the field of autism, called the Autism Ethics Group.   Pat Walsh joined the Centre of Medical Law and Ethics in 1994 after teaching philosophy at University College London, LSE and Kingston University. She teaches a wide range of philosophical and ethical issues on both of the Centre's Masters programmes - the MA in Medical Ethics and Law, and the MA in Human Values and Contemporary Global Ethics. She is currently a member of the Ethics Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and chairs and coordinates a group of experts in the field of autism, called the Autism Ethics Group.  

Research Interest

Medical ethics; social justice; political philosophy; ethics of autism