Jonathan Fisk

Profile

Biography

MA MB BChir (Cantab) MPhil (Edin) LLM (Manc)

I studied Medical Sciences and the History of Art and Architecture at Cambridge University and completed my clinical medical studies at Kings College Hospital London.

I trained in Psychiatry in Edinburgh during which time I became a Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. I then worked as a Lecturer in Psychiatry in Manchester for four years.

Thereafter I worked as a Consultant Psychiatrist in a District General Hospital for thirty years, during which time I also taught and conducted research in psychiatry and in ergonomics and undertook a Diploma in Health Services Management at the University of York, until I retired from the NHS.

Since then I have undertaken a Masters degree in Healthcare Ethics and Law and joined York Law School as a PhD student in October 2018.

Research

Overview

My current research considers the question of the nature and purpose of consent in medicine and the extent to which these can be derived from a coherent ethical framework.

My previous teaching covers teaching and examining undergraduates and postgraduates in the Medical School in Manchester during my post there and in the University of Leeds when I worked as a Consultant.

Prizes

• 1998 BBC Radio 4 / Heating and Ventilating Contractors' Association. National Design Competition: First Prize - 'Central Heating Control Panel for the Blind'

• 1991 Age Concern / British Telecom. National Design Competition: First Prize - 'Kettle for the Elderly.'

• 1993 Forma Finlandia International Design Competition: Commended Finalist - 'Telemetric Drug Dispenser' (with Indes Design London)

Publications

Selected publications

• Fisk J. 'Coercion, risk and defensive practice in mental health.' University of Manchester Review of Law, Crime & Ethics. IV. 40-61 (2015)

• The Scottish Parliament. '6th Report, 2015 (Session 4): Stage 1 Report on Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill'. (Individual Contributor) (2015)

• Fisk J `Buildings for mental health - users' and managers' needs' in `Therapeutic environments for mental health' London. Royal Institute of British Architects. 20-25 (1999)

• Fisk J `Being rational at the bedside : evidence based medicine in everyday clinical practice'. Proceedings of the Clinical Effectiveness in Mental Health Conference 1999. London. College Research Unit. Royal College of Psychiatrists.

• Fisk J 'Abuse of the Elderly' Chapter 39. 'Psychiatry in the Elderly' (Second Ed.) Jacoby R and Oppenheimer C (eds.) Oxford OUP 736-748 (1997)

• Fisk J 'Personal Comment 3: Towards a consensus on continuing care for older adults with psychiatric disorder— Wattis and Fairbairn' International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 11.(2) 173 (1993)

• Fisk J 'Depression: Preventing Relapse'. Geriatric Medicine 23. 745-49 (1993)

• OADIG (Old Age Depression Interest Group) 'How long should the elderly take antidepressants?' British Journal of Psychiatry. 162. 175-182 (1993)

• Fisk J 'Design for the Elderly: A Biological Perspective'. Applied Ergonomics 24 (1) 47-50 (1993)

• Fisk J 'Planning Mental Illness Units' Brit.Jnl.Psychiatry. Bulletin 16.(3) 179 (1992)

• Fisk J 'Abuse of the Elderly' Chapter 26A in 'Psychiatry in the Elderly' (First Ed.) Jacoby R and Oppenheimer C (eds.) Oxford OUP 901-915 (1991)

• Fisk J 'Design in the Health Service'. Newsletter of the Design Research Society 41.1-4 (1991)

• Fisk J ''Norman A.J. 'Rights and risk: A discussion document on civil liberty in old age.' Centre for Policy of Ageing. London' International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 6.(1) 52 (1990) (review)

• Fisk J ''Murphy E (ed.) 'Home or Away'. National Unit for Psychiatric Research and Development. Lewisham Hospital. London' International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 5.(2) 138 (1990) (review)

• Fisk J 'Use of proprietary names in prescribing'. Geriatric Medicine. (May 1988) 103 (letter)

• Goldberg D P et al. 'The clarification and assessment of a method of psychotherapy'. British Journal of Psychiatry 144. 567-75 (1984)  (participant in the research)

• Fisk J and Malcolm M L 'Where do Salford students go?' British Journal of Occupational Therapy 45. 79-80 (1982)

• Medical Research Council: Drug Trials Subcommittee. (1981). `Continuation therapy with lithium and amitriptyline in unipolar depressive illness: a controlled clinical trial'. Psychological Medicine 11. 409-416 (1981) (participant in the research)

• A M Stewart. O.T. Education Administration: ‘Occupational Therapists Board: Study of Occupational Therapy Teaching Resources in the United Kingdom’'Research in the UK'. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. October. 43. 346 (1980) (book review)