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Alexis Paton

Dr Alexis Paton is the author of Understanding Health, Illness and Society and co-hosts the Sick Society podcast. She is director of the Centre for Health and Society at Aston University, where she is a senior lecturer in social epidemiology and the sociology of health. Dr Paton is also chair of the Committee on Ethical Issues in Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians and a trustee of the Institute of Medical Ethics

<p>‘Much more thought needs to go into how to craft policy that results in societal change in the UK that sees misogyny consigned to the dark corners of history. Until then, chemical castration is unlikely to change much about why sexual offenders offend in the first place’</p>

Chemical castration is ethically dubious – and simply won’t work

<p>Parliament will debate the assisted dying Bill on Friday </p>

I’m an expert in medical ethics – here’s my answer on assisted dying

<p>‘She’s unable to harness her thoughts as her body goes into full flight mode, so we help her figure out what bags she needs, what documents to take, hiding all this from her child’ </p>

How I helped my friend escape an abusive relationship

<p>‘As we wait for the full report, I am reminded not just of my own hurts, but of all the maternity reports that have come before’ </p>

Seven easy ways to make maternity care safer for women

Baby Loss Awareness Week highlights the importance of talking about miscarriage

We need to talk about the babies we lose and reeducate others

We need to talk about the babies we lose and reeducate others

Baby Loss Awareness Week highlights the importance of talking about miscarriage

What a surgeon allegedly hoarding body parts reveals about ethics

If we do not keep apart in this second wave, we will get sick