Why I Wrote … Holding On? Vacant Possession,Paternity,Double Trouble,Right to Die – novels addressing key medical ethical dilemmas

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McHaffie HE . Paternity. Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing, 2005

BMA. 2009 BMA Medical Book Competition Programme and Award Winners. London: BMA, 2009

McHaffie HE . Vacant Possession. Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing, 2005

McHaffie HE . Double Trouble. Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing, 2005

McHaffie H . Right to Die. Edinburgh: Luath Press, 2008

Warnock M , Macdonald E . Easeful Death: Is there a Case for Assisted Dying? Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008