Biography
Dr Margaret McCartney MBChB, MRCGP, PhD, FRSE
Dr McCartney is a practicing general practitoner in addition to her academic role in 58³Ô¹Ï, where she is . She is particularly interested in evidence based medicine, conflicts of interest, screening, risk, bias, and public communication about healthcare. She is also an award winning writer and broadcaster, has written three books about evidence in healthcare for the lay public and has been a columnist for the FT and the BMJ. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2023 and completed her She is also a Director of Beira's Place, Edinburgh. Her declarations of interest are at whopaysthisdoctor.org. She is always happy to hear from under and postgraduate students who are interested in research in these areas. She was profiled for the University .
PhD supervision
- Emma Davies
Selected publications
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McCartney, M., Sullivan, F. & Orr, K., Apr 2026, Centre for Evidence and Values in Healthcare.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Orr, K., Sullivan, F. & McCartney, M., Apr 2026, Centre for Evidence and Values in Healthcare.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Turnbull, C., Schuh, A., Sullivan, R., Pharoah, P., Callister, M. E. J., Aggarwal, A., Hogarth, S., McCartney, M. & Houlston, R., 2 Feb 2026, In: The Lancet Oncology. 27, 2, p. 144-145
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Hughes, L. D., McCartney, M. & Sullivan, F., 1 Apr 2026, In: British Journal of General Practice. 76, 765, p. 155-156 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Open access
Romeikat, N. L., Morgan-Young, R., McCartney, M. & Sullivan, F., 3 Jun 2026, In: BMJ Connections Oncology. 3, 1, p. 1-12 12 p., e000103.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Edmondson, H., Patrick, H., Boyce, S., McCartney, M., Patel, A., Majeed, M., Bewley, S. & Harris, K., 9 Apr 2025, In: Clinical and Public Health Guidelines. 2, 2, p. 1-5 5 p., e70007.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
McCartney, M., Morgan-Young, R., Sullivan, F., Murphy, D. J., Albulushi, J. & Larkin, J., 4 Sept 2025, In: BMJ Open. 15, 9, p. 1-10 10 p., e094773.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Wallis , S., McCartney, M., Donnelly, P. D. & Sullivan, F., 13 Jun 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BMJ Innovations. Online First
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Davies, E. & McCartney, M., 2025, 8 p.
Research output: Other contribution
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Open access
McCartney, M., Jun 2025, In: Future Healthcare Journal. 12, 2, p. 1-4 4 p., 100257.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review