Dr Carol Gray BVMS MA PhD MRCVS
ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow School of Law and Social Justice
- Work email carol.gray@liv.ac.uk
Research
The role of informed consent in the veterinary clinic: sharing the decision-making
My postdoctoral fellowship builds on my doctoral studies. My PhD thesis focused on consent for elective surgery, using companion animal neutering as a case study. I am now exploring the connection between shared decision-making and informed consent, and investigating methods of promoting a two-way exchange of information between veterinary professionals and clients. A focus of this research is the notion of "best interests" when applied to animal patients, and how both parties to the consent procedure negotiate these interests.
Research Collaborations
Kate Griffiths
External: The University of Nottingham
Working on a paper to describe the development of a national curriculum for teachign veterinary communication skills, with Dr Iain Robbe (Cardiff medical school) and Liz Mossop (Nottingham)