School of Social and Political Sciences

Dr Angus Ferguson

  • Tutor Zero Hours (Economic and Social History)
  • Honorary Research Fellow (Law)

telephone: 0141 330 6965
email: Angus.Ferguson@glasgow.ac.uk


Research Interests

  • History of Infant Health (SIDS, Infant and child nutrition)
  • History of Medical Ethics (particularly Medical Confidentiality)
  • History of the interaction of Law and Medicine

Research Contributions

  • Organiser of 'Foetal Fortunes: A second symposium on the history of foetal and infant health and welfare from 1700 to the present', Centre for the History of Medicine, 2009
  • Organiser of postgraduate/staff reading group, Centre for the History of Medicine, 2007-2008
  • Co-organiser of seminar series, Centre for the History of Medicine, 2005-2008
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2009

Ferguson, A. (2009) Speaking out about staying silent: an historical examination of medico-legal debates over the boundaries of medical confidentiality. In: Goold, I. and Kelly, C. (eds.) Lawyers' Medicine: The Legislature, the Courts and Medical Practice, 1760-2000. Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 99-124. ISBN 9781841138497

2006

Ferguson, A.H., Weaver , L.T., and Nicolson, M. (2006) The Glasgow Corporation milk depot 1904-1910 and its role in infant welfare. Social History of Medicine, 19 (3). pp. 443-460. ISSN 0951-631X (doi:10.1093/shm/hkl041)

Ferguson, A.L. (2006) The lasting legacy of a bigamous duchess: the benchmark precedent for medical confidentiality. Social History of Medicine, 19 (1). pp. 37-53. ISSN 0951-631X (doi:10.1093/shm/hkj002)

2005

Ferguson, A.L. (2005) Should a doctor tell? Medical confidentiality in interwar England and Scotland. In: CHMD Work in Progress Seminar, 28 February, Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease, Durham University.

2004

Ferguson, A.L. (2004) The cost of keeping quiet. Were patient's secrets up for auction in the historical medical marketplace? In: Economic History Society Annual Conference, 2-4 April 2004, London.

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Grants

  • Research Assistant for the Centre for the History of Medicine's projects on 'Infant and Child Health in Twentieth Century Scotland' 
    Wellcome Trust
    2005-2008
  • ESRC PhD Studentship
    October 2001-September 2004
  • ESRC Advanced Course Studentship
    October 2000-September 2001

Undergraduate

Level 2

  • 2A: Economic and Social History of Britain 1770-1914 (semester 1)
  • 2B: Economic and Social History of Britain since 1914 (semester 2)

Honours

  • Disease, Medicine and Society in Britain since 1750
  • RESH Computing Classes on Access and Excel
  • Special Studies Module (for Medical Students) in the History of Medicine

Postgraduate

  • Studies in the History of Medicine before 1850
  • Studies in the History of Medicine from 1850-2000

Recent and Forthcoming Conference Papers

  • Centre for Medical History, University of Exeter, March 2011
  • Centre for the History of Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, November 2009
  • 'Foetal Fortunes 2: A second symposium on the history of foetal and infant health and welfare from 1700 to the present', University of Glasgow, November 2009
  • Centre for the History of Medicine, University of Birmingham, March 2008
  • Edinburgh History of Medicine Group, Royal college of Physicians, Edinburgh, December 2007
  • Rank Prize Mini-Symposium on the Origins of the Science and Practice of Infant and Child Nutrition and Feeding, Storrs Hall, Windermere, October 2007
  • British Society for the History of Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal college of Surgeons, Dublin, September 2007
  • Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, University of Ulster, February 2007
  • Children's Health: International Agendas, National Practices conference, University of Bergen, Norway, December 2006
  • Cradle to the Crave Workshop Series, Strathclyde/Caledonian University, Glasgow, November 2006
  • Society for the Social History of Medicine Annual Conference, University of Warwick, June 2006
  • Regional Forum for the History of Medicine in Scotland, Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, October 2005
  • Scottish Women's History Network Annual Conference, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, March 2005
  • Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease, University of Durham, February 2005
  • Economic History Society conference, Royal Holloway, University of London, April 2004
  • Social History Society conference, University of Rouen, Haute Normandie, France, January 2004