William J. Winslade,

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, J.D. (born 18 November 1941) is the ''James Wade Rockwell Professor of Philosophy of Medicine'' at the Institute for Medical Humanities,

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and ''Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law and Associate Director for Graduate Programs, Health Law & Policy Institute'' at the

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. He is a fellow of the

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, an independent

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research institution. He has written on policy issues related to

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, and has proposed banning

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Biography

Winslade was born in

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on 18 November 1941, to Jack L. Winslade (a

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) and Lillian D. (Key) Winslade (a

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teacher). He graduated from Carlinville High School,

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in 1959. He graduated with a

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degree in

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from

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(Illinois), ''cum laude'', in May 1963. He earned a

in Philosophy in May 1967 from

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and a J.D. degree from

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, Order of the Coif, in December 1972 and subsequently was admitted to the

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in 1974. He also received a Ph.D. in Psychoanalysis in May 1984 from Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Monmouth College (Illinois) in May 1990. He is licensed as a Research Psychoanalyst with the California Board of Medical Quality Assurance, since 1977. Between 1968 and 2008, he was the recipient of numerous research grants including a $319,000 grant in 2000 by the

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, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute related to ''A Short Term Course in Ethics in Clinical Research Involving Prisoners''. He also received a $310,000 grant as the Principal Investigator for The Greenwall Foundation in 2001 for investigations related to ''Prisoners as Patients: Ethics Education for Prison Health Professionals''. In 2008 through 2011 he was a Fellow at the Zentrum fur interdisziplinare Forschung (ZIF), Universitat Bielefeld,

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. Since 1970 he has written hundreds of articles in peer reviewed journals, book chapters, book reviews, essays, and editorials. One of his six books, ''Confronting Traumatic Brain Injury: Devastation, Hope and Healing'' (

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, 1998) predates the now widespread interest in the topic. Winslade’s publications also include children’s health and the law, the law and psychiatry, patients rights, prison health issues, planned death, the rights of the unconscious and their families,

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, rural

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and bioethical issues. He served on the Board of Trustees of Monmouth College (Illinois), from 1986 through 2001.

Works

Books

* ''Insanity Plea'' by William J. Winslade, Judith W. Ross * ''Confronting Traumatic Brain Injury: Devastation, Hope and Healing'' by William J. Winslade, James S. Brady (Foreword by) * ''Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine'' by

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, William J. Winslade, Mark Siegler * ''Choosing Life or Death: A Guide for Patients, Families, and Professionals'' by William J. Winslade, Judith W. Ross * ''Clinical Ethics'' by Albert R. Jonsen, William J. Winslade, Mark Seigler

Articles

* "Confidentiality" in ''Encyclopedia of Bioethics'', Stephen G. Post (ed.).

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