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Professor Dominic Wilkinson is a Professor of Medical Ethics at the University of Oxford and holds dual roles as Deputy Director of the Uehiro Oxford Institute for Practical Ethics and Director of Medical Ethics. He is also a Consultant Neonatologist at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, and a Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford. His expertise spans medical ethics, pediatric ethics, and critical care ethics, with a focus on dilemmas in neonatal intensive care, perinatal palliative care, and organ allocation. He has authored or co-authored over 250 academic articles and influential books such as Death or Disability? (Oxford University Press, 2013) and Pandemic Ethics (2023). His work often addresses ethical challenges in decision-making for critically ill children, including predictions of disability and end-of-life care.
Wilkinson’s research interests include the ethical implications of new technologies like AI in healthcare consent processes, the prioritization of scarce medical resources, and the integration of palliative care into neonatal settings. He has contributed to policy frameworks, such as the Recognising Uncertainty guidance for perinatal palliative care. He served as Editor and Associate Editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics from 2011 to 2018, and his work has been recognized with awards like the BMA President’s Award (2018) for his book on pediatric medical ethics.
Key areas of his recent work include behavioral predictions in organ allocation, ethical dilemmas in driverless car programming, and cross-cultural studies on resource-intensive treatments. Wilkinson advocates for ethical frameworks that balance medical evidence, patient autonomy, and societal justice, particularly in high-stakes clinical scenarios.
