Daniel Sokol
Daniel Sokol | |
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Daniel Sokol, Royal College of Physicians (2023) | |
| Born | 1978 (age 47–48) Puyricard, France |
| Other names | Ethics Man |
| Education | Winchester College |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA) Imperial College London (PhD) |
| Known for | Medical ethics President of the Osler Club of London (2023-2025) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medical ethics |
| Institutions | Keele University King's College London St George's, University of London |
| Thesis | Truth-telling and deception in contemporary medical practice : an empirical and philosophical analysis (2006) |
| Doctoral advisor | Tim Rhodes Raanan Gillon |
| Website | medicalethicist |
Daniel K. Sokol (born 1978) is a barrister, medical ethicist, and international lecturer, known for his academic and journalistic writings on the ethics of medicine. He is a member of 12 King's Bench Walk, a barristers' chambers in London, England.
Under the sobriquet Ethics Man, Sokol writes a regular column in the British Medical Journal. He has criticised the decision making practices of university panels and, in response, founded Alpha Academic Appeals in 2012 to support students challenging unfair academic outcomes.