Dr Ed Horowicz

Profile

Ed was a former critical care nurse and now is a Senior Lecturer in healthcare law and bioethics at the University of Liverpool's School of Law and Social Justice, focussing on child health issues and research ethics.

He has published widely on the ethical and legal issues that arise in the provision or non-provision of medical interventions for intersex and gender diverse children and adolescents.

He has also published on and undertaken research that considers the scope of best interests in children and young people's healthcare. Ed maintains an active interest in, and has published on, children's experiences of healthcare, focussing on children's rights, decision-making and clinical holding.

Ed has worked with, and remains part of, research projects using both theoretical, legal and empirical approaches to develop publications, pragmatic guidance and resources for healthcare professionals, researchers, young people and their families.

He also leads the clinical ethics service at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, supporting children, their families and their clinical teams with complex and difficult ethical issues as they arise in the provision of care.

Research

Publications

Garland F, Horowicz E, Dimopoulos G, Taylor-Sands M. From clinical to judicial decision-making, and back again in Bell v. Tavistock? Preparing for the legacy of court involvement in gender care for minors. Medical law international. 2023 Sep;23(3):209-40

Bray, Lucy, Bernie Carter, Joann Kiernan, Ed Horowicz, Katie Dixon, James Ridley, Carol Robinson et al. "Developing rights-based standards for children having tests, treatments, examinations and interventions: using a collaborative, multi-phased, multi-method and multi-stakeholder approach to build consensus." European journal of pediatrics 182, no. 10 (2023): 4707-4721.

Horowicz, E., Stalford, H., & ECRU. (2023). The Ethics of Research Involving Children: Common Questions, Potential Strategies and Useful Guidance. National Centre for Research Methods. Retrieved from https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/resources/ethics/

Bray, L., Horowicz, E., Preston, K., & Carter, B. (2023). Using participatory drama workshops to explore children's beliefs, understandings and experiences of coming to hospital for clinical procedures.. Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community, 27(2), 289-299. doi:10.1177/1367493519883087DOI: 10.1177/1367493519883087

Giordano, S., & Horowicz, E. (2022). Gender-Affirming Surgery for Transgender Adolescents: ethical and legal considerations. Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 102295. doi:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2022.102295

Horowicz, E., & Baiocchi, C. (2022). Children, futility and parental disagreement: The importance of ethical reasoning for clinicians in the paediatric intensive care setting. Clinical Ethics.

Horowicz, E., & Giordano, S. (2021). Gender Incongruence as a Condition Relating to Sexual Health: The Mental Health 'Problem' and 'Proper' Medical Treatment.. Droit et Cultures, 80.

Horowicz, E. (2021). Rethinking 'need' for clinical support in transgender and gender non-conforming children without clinical classification: Learning from 'the paper I almost wrote'. BIOETHICS, 35(3), 246-254. doi:10.1111/bioe.12824

Expertise