TY - JOUR T1 - Guest editorial: a tribute to the Very Reverend Edward Shotter (FCMME) JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 629 LP - 630 DO - 10.1136/medethics-2019-105831 VL - 45 IS - 10 AU - Raanan Gillon AU - Kenneth Boyd AU - Margaret Brazier AU - Alastair Campbell AU - Andrew Goddard AU - Wing May Kong AU - Sylvia Limerick AU - Stephen Lock AU - Jonathan Montgomery Y1 - 2019/10/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/45/10/629.abstract N2 - We wish to describe and acknowledge the exceptional contributions to medical ethics, both in the UK and internationally, made by Edward Shotter1 who died at home on 3 July 2019. He was founder of the London Medical Group2 3 and instigator of similar student-led medical ethics groups throughout the UK; founder of the Institute of Medical Ethics4 and founder of the Journal of Medical Ethics.Ted Shotter transformed the study of medical ethics in the UK in the interests of patients and professionals alike. In 1963, he established the pioneering ‘Medical Group’ model (initially in London but quickly spreading across the UK), an innovative bottom-up method whereby students in the health professions could gain a grounding in ethics that had previously been denied to the profession.5 It was with these Medical Groups (presenting to and administering them) that many of the leading figures in contemporary UK medical ethics and law began their careers in the subject including Sir Kenneth Calman, Sir Ian Kennedy, Professor Margaret Brazier OBE, Professor John Harris and Professor Sir Jonathan Montgomery to name but … ER -