School of Social & Political Sciences

Dr Angus Ferguson

  • Senior Lecturer (Political & International Studies)
  • Associate (School of Health & Wellbeing)

telephone: 0141 330 5990
email: Angus.Ferguson@glasgow.ac.uk

Room 615, Economic & Social History, East Quad, Main Building (Gilbert Scott), University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420

Research interests

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Publications

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Jump to: 2015 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2009 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004
Number of items: 13.

2015

Ferguson, Angus H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (2015) Ignored disease or diagnostic dustbin? Sudden infant death syndrome in the British context. Social History of Medicine, 28(3), pp. 487-508. (doi: 10.1093/shm/hkv003) (PMID:26217070) (PMCID:PMC4513887)

Ferguson, Angus H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (2015) The role of history in debates regarding the boundaries of medical confidentiality and privacy. Journal of Medical Law and Ethics, 3(1-2), pp. 65-81. (doi: 10.7590/221354015X14319325750070) (PMID:26877972) (PMCID:PMC4751619)

Philip, Judith M. D. and Ferguson, Angus H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (2015) Introducing ethical frameworks into classroom discussions of scientific ethics. School Science Review, 96(356), pp. 95-98.

Ferguson, Angus H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 and Maehle, Andreas-Holger (2015) Medical confidentiality and privacy: past present and future. Journal of Medical Law and Ethics, pp. 1-3.

2013

Ferguson, A.H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (2013) Should a Doctor Tell?: The Evolution of Medical Confidentiality in Britain. Series: Medical law and ethics. Ashgate: Farnham, Surrey. ISBN 9780754679608

Ferguson, A.H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (2013) Medical confidentiality in the military. In: Gross, M.L. and Carrick, D. (eds.) Military Medical Ethics for the 21st Century. Series: Military and defence ethics. Ashgate: Farnham, pp. 209-224. ISBN 9781409438984

2012

Ferguson, A.H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (2012) The evolution of confidentiality in the United Kingdom and the West. Virtual Mentor, 14(9), pp. 738-742.

2011

Ferguson, A.H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (2011) Exploring the myth of a Scottish privilege: a comparison of the early development of the law on medical confidentiality in Scotland and England. In: Gordon, E., Freeman, M. and Maglen, K. (eds.) Medicine, Law and Public Policy in Scotland 1840-1980. Dundee University Press: Dundee, UK, pp. 125-140. ISBN 9781845860516

2009

Ferguson, A.H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (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, pp. 99-124. ISBN 9781841138497

2006

Ferguson, A.H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (2006) The lasting legacy of a bigamous duchess: the benchmark precedent for medical confidentiality. Social History of Medicine, 19(1), pp. 37-53. (doi: 10.1093/shm/hkj002) (PMID:17153159)

Ferguson, A.H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420, 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. (doi: 10.1093/shm/hkl041)

2005

Ferguson, A.H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (2005) Should a doctor tell? Medical confidentiality in interwar England and Scotland. CHMD Work in Progress Seminar, Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease, Durham University, 28 February.

2004

Ferguson, A.H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (2004) The cost of keeping quiet. Were patient's secrets up for auction in the historical medical marketplace? In: Economic History Society Annual Conference, London, 2-4 April 2004, pp. 1-5.

This list was generated on Sat Oct 17 21:56:41 2026 BST.
Number of items: 13.

Articles

Ferguson, Angus H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (2015) Ignored disease or diagnostic dustbin? Sudden infant death syndrome in the British context. Social History of Medicine, 28(3), pp. 487-508. (doi: 10.1093/shm/hkv003) (PMID:26217070) (PMCID:PMC4513887)

Ferguson, Angus H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (2015) The role of history in debates regarding the boundaries of medical confidentiality and privacy. Journal of Medical Law and Ethics, 3(1-2), pp. 65-81. (doi: 10.7590/221354015X14319325750070) (PMID:26877972) (PMCID:PMC4751619)

Philip, Judith M. D. and Ferguson, Angus H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (2015) Introducing ethical frameworks into classroom discussions of scientific ethics. School Science Review, 96(356), pp. 95-98.

Ferguson, Angus H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 and Maehle, Andreas-Holger (2015) Medical confidentiality and privacy: past present and future. Journal of Medical Law and Ethics, pp. 1-3.

Ferguson, A.H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (2012) The evolution of confidentiality in the United Kingdom and the West. Virtual Mentor, 14(9), pp. 738-742.

Ferguson, A.H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (2006) The lasting legacy of a bigamous duchess: the benchmark precedent for medical confidentiality. Social History of Medicine, 19(1), pp. 37-53. (doi: 10.1093/shm/hkj002) (PMID:17153159)

Ferguson, A.H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420, 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. (doi: 10.1093/shm/hkl041)

Books

Ferguson, A.H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (2013) Should a Doctor Tell?: The Evolution of Medical Confidentiality in Britain. Series: Medical law and ethics. Ashgate: Farnham, Surrey. ISBN 9780754679608

Book Sections

Ferguson, A.H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (2013) Medical confidentiality in the military. In: Gross, M.L. and Carrick, D. (eds.) Military Medical Ethics for the 21st Century. Series: Military and defence ethics. Ashgate: Farnham, pp. 209-224. ISBN 9781409438984

Ferguson, A.H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (2011) Exploring the myth of a Scottish privilege: a comparison of the early development of the law on medical confidentiality in Scotland and England. In: Gordon, E., Freeman, M. and Maglen, K. (eds.) Medicine, Law and Public Policy in Scotland 1840-1980. Dundee University Press: Dundee, UK, pp. 125-140. ISBN 9781845860516

Ferguson, A.H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (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, pp. 99-124. ISBN 9781841138497

Conference or Workshop Item

Ferguson, A.H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (2005) Should a doctor tell? Medical confidentiality in interwar England and Scotland. CHMD Work in Progress Seminar, Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease, Durham University, 28 February.

Conference Proceedings

Ferguson, A.H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6079-2420 (2004) The cost of keeping quiet. Were patient's secrets up for auction in the historical medical marketplace? In: Economic History Society Annual Conference, London, 2-4 April 2004, pp. 1-5.

This list was generated on Sat Oct 17 21:56:41 2026 BST.