William J. Winslade
William J. Winslade | |
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| Born | November 18, 1941 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Monmouth College (BA) Northwestern University (PhD) University of California, Los Angeles (JD) |
| Occupation(s) | Author; research principal; professor of philosophy of medicine; attorney |
| Known for | Head trauma and medical bioethics |
| Notable work | Confronting Traumatic Brain Injury: Devastation, Hope and Healing (Yale University Press, 1998) |
| Board member of | Monmouth College 1986–2001 |
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.