Faculty Member, Leslie Silver International Faculty
Runnung Stream Professor of Ehics and Language
About
I am a teacher and ‘jobbing philosopher’ whose academic and professional interests focus on two main areas – applied ethics (especially the ethics of care) and academic literacy and style. Both my research and my teaching are underpinned by my belief in the importance of storytelling. I began my academic career with thirteen years as a teacher educator, following many years as a practitioner in mental health, learning disability and therapeutic education. Before coming to Leeds Metropolitan University I was Professor of Professional Development in Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Glamorgan, and Professor of Education at Liverpool Hope.
Books include
Canter, D. and Fairbairn, G. (2006) Becoming an Author: advice for academics and other professionals, Buckingham, Open University Press.
Fairbairn, G. and Fairbairm, S. (2005) Writing Your Abstract: a guide for would-be conference presenters, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire, APS Publishers.
Fairbairn, G. and Fairbairn, S. (2001) Reading at University, Buckingham, Open University Press.
Fairbairn, G.J. (1995) Contemplating Suicide: The language and ethics of self harm, London, Routledge.
Fairbairn, G.J., Rowley, D. and Bowen, M. (1995) Sexuality, learning difficulties and doing what's right. London, David Fulton Ltd.
Refereed articles include
Fairbairn, S. and Fairbairn, G. (2009) ‘From microscope to comfy chair: imaging control in interview situations’, Permanente Journal, 13 (4) 85-90.
Fairbairn, G. (2009) ‘Empathy, sympathy and the image of the other’, Peace Review, 21, (2) 188 – 197.
Fairbairn, G. (2009) ‘Suicide, assisted suicide and euthanasia: when people choose to die, does it matter what we call it?’ Annals of Psychology, 12 (1) 97-120
Potts, S. and Fairbairn, G. (2007) ‘Spiritual needs in paediatric palliative care: communicating ethically with dying children’, Ethical Space, 3 (4) 49-56.
Fairbairn, G. (2005) ‘Storytelling, ethics and empathy’, Ethical Space, 2 (3) 48-55.
Fairbairn, G. (2002) ‘Ethics, empathy and storytelling in professional development’, Learning in Health and Social Care, 1 (1) 22-32.
Fairbairn, G (2002) ‘Suicide and bullying in schools’, New Era in Education, 83 (2) 34-36.
Fairbairn, G. and Carson, A. (2002) ‘Writing about Nursing Research: a storytelling approach’, Nurse Researcher, September, 10(1)7-14
Fairbairn, G. (2000) ‘Developing Academic Storytelling’, Education Today, 50 (2) 32-38.
Fairbairn, G. (1999) 'Empathy, intuition and the development of expertise in teaching', Analytic Teaching, 19 (2) 9-18.
Fairbairn. G. J. (1998) 'Suicide, language and clinical practice', Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, 5 (2) 157-169.
Fairbairn, G. J. (1991) 'Enforced Death: Enforced Life', Journal of Medical Ethics, 17 (3) 144-50.
Chapters in edited books
Fairbairn G. (2002) ‘Brain Transplants and the orthodox view of personhood’, in Fisher, R., Primosic, D., Day, P. and Thompson, J. (eds) Suffering, Death and Identity, Amsterdam and New York, Rodopi Press.
Fairbairn, G. (1999) ‘Ending lives: Age, autonomy and the quality of life’ in Lesser, H. (ed) Aging, autonomy and Resources, Aldershot, Ashgate.
This is a representative selection; fuller list available at:
http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/international/age/index_CCA00184F9EA4CA8B363
