The GOSH Bioethics Podcast returns for its third series, with new episodes released fortnightly. Join your podcast host Dr Joe Brierley in conversation with leading experts and contributors to the field of paediatric bioethics. These podcasts explore the ethical, legal, and social questions shaping clinical practice.

After occasional episodes, the first series of this podcast aired in started in March 2021 on our sister platform GOSHpods. You can listen to upcoming and previous episodes as well as other GOSHpods on your preferred podcast platform.

Joe is joined by Eleanor (Ellie) Updale, Children’s Author, English Teacher, and Lay Member of the Paediatric Clinical Ethics Committee. They discuss Joe’s poor use of grammar, Ellie’s journey into medical ethics as a lay ethicist, and the inspirations behind her work in this field. Their conversation covers parental and clinical responsibilities, the ethical nuances of language in healthcare, and the broader role of public engagement in medical ethics.

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The GOSH Bioethics Podcast returns for its third series, with new episodes released fortnightly. Join your podcast host Dr Joe Brierley in conversation with leading experts and contributors to the field of paediatric bioethics. These podcasts explore the ethical, legal, and social questions shaping clinical practice.

After occasional episodes, the first series of this podcast aired in started in March 2021 on our sister platform GOSHpods. You can listen to upcoming and previous episodes as well as other GOSHpods on your preferred podcast platform.

In this joint GOS/ELPAT episode, Joe speaks with Dr Louise Kenny, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the Freeman Hospital. They explore the ethical, legal, and social considerations in paediatric cardiothoracic transplantation, with particular attention to paediatric donors, transplant waiting lists, and recent developments in the field.

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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1G38ZhFN2VxYDA5TCy523cOuM8eqA3zEV?usp=sharing

The GOSH Bioethics Podcast returns for its third series, with new episodes released fortnightly. Join your podcast host Dr Joe Brierley in conversation with leading experts and contributors to the field of paediatric bioethics. These podcasts explore the ethical, legal, and social questions shaping clinical practice.

After occasional episodes, the first series of this podcast aired in started in March 2021 on our sister platform GOSHpods. You can listen to upcoming and previous episodes as well as other GOSHpods on your preferred podcast platform.

Joe welcomes Dr Farrah Raza, Stipendiary Lecturer in Public Law at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, and researcher at the Max Planck Institute. They examine intersections between British public law, medical law, religion, and ethics, considering how legal frameworks and cultural perspectives influence ethical practice in healthcare.

Papers:

https://jme.bmj.com/content/44/8/536

Farrah Raza, Jonathan Herring, James Neuberger, David Jones, Heloise Robinson, Cornelius Engelmann, John Forsythe, Ernest Ryder, Gurch Randhawa, Isabel Quiroga, Thomas Berg, and Douglas Thorburn, ‘Should Conditional Deceased Organ Donation be Permitted? Identifying legal and ethical considerations’(2025) Medical Law International 1-27.

Farrah Raza, ‘The Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief: The Challenge of Defining Religion’ (2024) 3(2) Supreme Court Law Review.

Farrah Raza and James Neuberger, ‘Consent in Organ Transplantation: putting legal obligations and guidelines into practice’ (2022) BMC Medical Ethics 23:69.

Farrah Raza, ‘Limitations to the Right to Religious Freedom: Rethinking Key Approaches’ (2020) 9 Oxford Journal of Law and Religion 435.

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