Professional competence areas:
- Bioethics
I am a medical doctor and worked for some years as a clinician before going into academic medical ethics in 2010. My main position is at the Centre for medical ethics at the University of Oslo, where I have the main responsibility for teaching in medical ethics for the medical students.
My academic interests are bioethics and medical ethics, including Christian perspectives. You can read more about me at my own webpage.
Selected publications
- Fredheim, O. M. & Materstvedt, L. J. & Skulberg, I. M. & Magelssen, M. (2021). BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. ISBN: 2045-435X
- Magelssen, M. & Filtvedt, O. J. (2015). Assisted reproduction, the logic of liberalization, and five Christian responses, Ethics & Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics s. 159 - 175. Ethics & Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics. ISBN: 0266-688X
- Solberg, C. T. & Tranvåg, E. J. & Magelssen, M. (2022). Attitudes towards priority setting in the norwegian health care system: a general population survey, BMC Health Services Research s. 1 - 8. BMC Health Services Research. ISBN: 1472-6963
Latest scientific publications
- Fredheim, O. M. & Materstvedt, L. J. & Skulberg, I. M. & Magelssen, M. (2021). BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. ISBN: 2045-435X
- Magelssen, M. & Filtvedt, O. J. (2015). Assisted reproduction, the logic of liberalization, and five Christian responses, Ethics & Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics s. 159 - 175. Ethics & Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics. ISBN: 0266-688X
- Solberg, C. T. & Tranvåg, E. J. & Magelssen, M. (2022). Attitudes towards priority setting in the norwegian health care system: a general population survey, BMC Health Services Research s. 1 - 8. BMC Health Services Research. ISBN: 1472-6963