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Dr Roy Gilbar

PhD

Roy Gilbar is a Nuffield Foundation research fellow in the school of law. His fellowship has begun in September 2008 and it concerns legal as well as empirical research in the areas of medical law, medical ethics and medical sociology.

Roy completed his Ph.D. in medical law and medical ethics in Queen Mary University of London in 2004. Since then and until September 2008 he was a full time staff member in the School of law, Netanya Academic College, Israel. During this period he also taught law and bioethics in various colleges and universities in Israel, including Tel-Aviv University and Haifa University.

Roy's areas of interest include medical law, medical ethics, tort law and family law. Currently, he is involved in two research projects. One is conducted in Israel and concerns the views of doctors and patients regarding disclosure of genetic information to family members. This research which is funded by the Israeli Cancer Association is taken place in 7 hospitals in Israel. The second prsoject concerns the impact of English medical law on the involvement of family members in the medical decision-making process. This project is funded for three years by the Nuffield Foundation.

List of Publications include:

  • Gilbar R., The Status of the Family in Law and Bioethics: The genetic context (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005)
  • O'Donovan K., Gilbar R., “The loved ones: Families, intimates and patient autonomy” (2003) 23 (2) Legal Studies 332   
  • Gilbar R., “Medical confidentiality in the family: The doctor’s duty reconsidered” (2004) 18 (2) International Journal of Law, Policy & the Family 195
  • Gilbar R., "All in the family? Medical confidentiality in the genetic information era- legal and ethical aspects" (2006)5 Netanya Law Review 357 (in Hebrew)
  • Gilbar R., "Communicating genetic information in the family: The familial relationship as the forgotten factor" (2007) 33 Journal of Medical Ethics 390
  • Gilbar R., "The Doctor v. the Family: Tortious claims in medical misdiagnosis of child abuse" (2007) 6 Interdisciplinary Centre Law Review 521 (In Hebrew)
  • Gilbar R., "Patient autonomy and relatives' right to know genetic information" (2007) 26 (4) Medicine & Law 677
  • Gilbar R., Gilbar O., "Medical Decision-Making Process and the Family: The case of breast cancer patients and their spouses" (2008) Bioethics (in press)
  • Gilbar R., Bar-Mor H., "Justice, Equality and Solidarity: The limits of the right to health care in Israel" (2008) 16 (2) Medical Law Review 225
  • Gilbar R., "Genetics, Reproduction and Family Ethics" in Simonstein F. (ed.), Reprogenetics & the Future of Gender (Springer, 2008, Forthcoming)
  • Gilbar R., "The foreseeable end of the Zeitsov precedent? Comments and insights following Case no. 259/02 John Doe (Minor) v. The State of Israel" (2009) Netanya Law Review (forthcoming) (In Hebrew)
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