William J. Winslade

William J. Winslade (born 18 November 1941) is the James Wade Rockwell Professor of Philosophy of Medicine at the Institute for Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and Distinguished Visiting professor of Law and associate director for Graduate Programs, Health Law & Policy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center. He is a fellow of the Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institution.

He has written on policy issues related to traumatic brain injury, and has proposed banning boxing.

Biography Winslade was born in Denver, Colorado on 18 November 1941, to Jack L. Winslade (a veterinarian) and Lillian D. (Key) Winslade (a special education teacher). He graduated from Carlinville High School, Carlinville, Illinois in 1959. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Monmouth College (Illinois), cum laude, in May 1963. He earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy in May 1967 from Northwestern University and a J.D. degree from UCLA School of Law, Order of the Coif, in December 1972 the rights of the unconscious and their families, clinical ethics, rural geriatrics 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 Albert R. Jonsen, 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.).