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Winsor
Schmidt, J.D., LL.M.
Chair and
Professor
of Health Policy and Administration
Contact Information
Department of Health Policy and
Administration
P.O. Box 1495
Spokane, WA 99210-1495
Office:
Academic Center 403S
Phone: (509) 358-7981
Fax: (509) 358-7984
Email:
schmidtw@wsu.edu
Education
Harvard University
1967-70 A.B. Government
The American University 1970-73 J.D. Public Law
University of Virginia
1983-84 LL.M. Mental Health Law
Research Interests
Health and mental health law and
policy; guardianship and adult protective services; patient safety.
Courses Taught at Washington
State University
HPA 502 Law and Ethics of Health
Management
HPA 503 Government Regulation of
Health Services
HPA 579 Mental Health Policy and Law
Publications
Books
W. Schmidt, K. Miller, W. Bell & E. New, Public Guardianship and the
Elderly, Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Co. (1981) 268 pp.
W. Schmidt (ed.), Guardianship: Court of Last Resort for the Elderly and
Disabled, Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press (1995), 260 pp.
Book Chapters
K. Miller, Fein & Schmidt, “The Therapeutic State and Current Court Cases” in
K. Miller, The Criminal Justice and Mental Health Systems: Conflict and
Collusion, Cambridge, MA: Oelgeschlager, Gunn, and Hain, Inc. (1980), pp.
35-70.
Schmidt, “Guardianship: Public and Private” in M. Kapp, H. Pies & A. Doudera
(eds.), Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Care for the Elderly, Ann
Arbor, MI: Health Administration Press (1985), pp. 189-221 (1986 American
Journal of Nursing Books of the Year Award).
Schmidt, “Health and Human Services Law and Regulation” in J. Rabin & M.
Steinhauer (eds.), Handbook on Human Services Administration, NY: Marcel
Dekker, Inc. (1988), pp. 381-404.
Hightower, Heckert & Schmidt, “Elderly Nursing Home Residents’ Need for
Public Guardianship Services in Tennessee” in E. Dejowski (ed.), Protecting
Judgment-Impaired Adults: Issues, Interventions and Policies, NY: Haworth
Press (1990).
Schmidt, “Revising Revisionism in Guardianship: An Assessment of Legal Reform
of Decisional Incapacity” in M. Smyer, K. Schaie & M. Kapp (eds.), Older
Adults’ Decision-Making and the Law, NY: Springer Publishing Co., pp.
269-282 (1996).
Schmidt, “Health Care Financing and Delivery for the Elderly: A Planned,
Regulated System in Counterpoint to a Competitive Marketplace Approach” in M.
Kapp (ed.), Ethics, Law, and Aging Review: Consumer-Directed Care and Older
Persons, NY: Springer Publishing Co., pp. 53-65 (2000).
Articles in Journals
E. Miller, Schmidt & K. Miller, “Decriminalizing Drugs: Variations in
Endorsement within Professional Roles,” 7 Contemporary Drug Problems
181-93 (Summer 1978).
E. Miller, K. Miller & Schmidt, “Drug Offender Diversion: Perceptions of
Legal and Rehabilitation Personnel,” 7 Contemporary Drug Problems 591-605
(Winter 1978).
Schmidt, “Mental Health Law: A Floridian Perspective,” 3 Community Support
Service Journal 5-9 (Summer 1979).
Schmidt, “Drug Offender Diversion: Legal Issues and Administration,” 8
Contemporary Drug Problems 475-94 (Winter 1979).
Schmidt, “Suggested Florida Constitutional Provisions Relating to the
Mentally Disabled,” 54 Florida Bar Journal 473-77 (Winter 1979).
Schmidt, “Is Bifurcation in the Insanity Defense Salvageable?” 6 National
Journal of Criminal Defense 185-99 (Fall 1980).
Schmidt, “Guardianship of the Elderly in Florida: Social Bankruptcy and the
Need for Reform,” 55 Florida Bar Journal 189-95 (March 1981), reprinted
in Law for the Florida Social Service Worker, Florida Department of Health and
Rehabilitative Services (Oct. 1981).
Bell, Schmidt & K. Miller, “Public Guardianship and the Elderly: Findings
from a National Study,” 21 The Gerontologist 194-202 (April 1981).
Schmidt, Bickel, Bell, K. Miller & New, “Issues in Public Guardianship,” 15
The Urban and Social Change Review 21-26 (Winter 1982).
Schmidt, “A Proposal for Changing Florida’s Civil Commitment System,” 6
Nova Law Journal 385-435 (Spring 1982).
Schmidt, K. Miller, Bell & New, “Alternatives to Public Guardianship,” 14
State and Local Government Review 128-31 (Sept. 1982).
Nelson, Schmidt & K. Miller, “The Legal Needs of the Mentally and
Developmentally Disabled: A Florida Study,” 6 Mental Disability Law Reporter
418-424 (Nov.-Dec. 1982).
Schmidt, “Deinstitutionalization Following Pennhurst State School v.
Halderman,” 5 Journal of Health and Human Resources Administration 481-88
(Spring 1983).
Schmidt, K. Miller, Cameron & Collins, “The Impact of Attorneys’ Attitudes
Toward Pro Bono Publico Efforts on Behalf of the Mentally Disabled,” 12
Stetson Law Review 395-403 (1983).
Schmidt & K. Miller, “Improving the Social Treatment Model in Protective
Services for the Elderly: False Needs in the Therapeutic State,” 1 Journal of
International and Comparative Social Welfare 90-106 (Fall 1984).
Schmidt, “The Evolution of a Public Guardianship Program,” 12 Journal of
Psychiatry and Law 349-72 (Fall 1984).
Schmidt, “Supreme Court Decisionmaking on Insanity Acquittees Does Not Depend
on Research Conducted by the Behavioral Science Community: Jones v. United
States,” 12 Journal of Psychiatry and Law 507-25 (Winter 1984).
Schmidt, “A Proposal for Corrections Overcrowding and the Mentally
Disordered,” 59 Florida Bar Journal 34-36 (April 1985).
Peters, Schmidt & K. Miller, “Guardianship of the Elderly in Tallahassee,
Florida,” 25 The Gerontologist 532-38 (Oct. 1985).
Schmidt, “Considerations of Social Science in a Reconsideration of Parham v.
J. R. and the Commitment of Children to Public Mental Institutions,” 13
Journal of Psychiatry and Law 339-59 (Fall-Winter 1985).
Schmidt, “A Critique of the American Psychiatric Association’s Guidelines for
Legislation on Civil Commitment of the Mentally Ill,” 11 New England Journal
on Criminal and Civil Confinement 11-43 (Winter 1985).
Schmidt, “Adult Protective Services and the Therapeutic State,” 10 Law and
Psychology Review 101-21 (1986).
Schmidt & Peters, “Legal Incompetents’ Need for Guardians in Florida,” 15
Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 69-83 (1987).
Peters, K. Miller & Schmidt, “The Effects of Statutory Change on the Civil
Commitment of the Mentally Ill,” 11 Law and Human Behavior 73-99 (1987).
Schmidt, “Recommended Judicial Practices in Guardianship Proceedings for the
Elderly,” 61 Florida Bar Journal 35-40 (May 1987).
Schmidt, Miller, Peters & Loewenstein, “A Descriptive Analysis of
Professional and Volunteer Programs for the Delivery of Guardianship Services,”
8 Probate Law Journal 125-156 (1988).
Schmidt & Otto, “A Legal and Behavioral Science Analysis of Statutory
Guidelines for Children Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services: The Florida
Case,” 16 Journal of Psychiatry and Law 9-65 (1988).
Schmidt, “Issues in Health Law: Introduction,” 11 Journal of Health and
Human Resources Administration 437-443 (Spring 1989).
Schmidt (ed.), “Issues in Health Law: A Symposium, Part I,” 11 Journal of
Health and Human Resources Administration 437-501 (Spring 1989).
Schmidt (ed.), “Issues in Health Law: A Symposium, Part II,” 12 Journal of
Health and Human Resources Administration 112-165 (Summer 1989).
Schmidt, “Quantitative Information About the Quality of the Guardianship
System: Toward a Next Generation of Guardianship Research,” 10 Probate Law
Journal 61-80 (1990).
Otto & Schmidt, “Malpractice in Verbal Psychotherapy: Problems and Potential
Solutions,” 4 Forensic Reports 309-335 (1991).
Schmidt, Heckert & Mercer, “Factors Associated with Medical Malpractice:
Results from a Pilot Study,” 7 Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy
157-182 (Spring 1991) (1992 Best Research Paper award from The University of
Memphis Chapter of the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society).
Schmidt, “Accountability of Lawyers in Serving Vulnerable, Elderly Clients,”
5 (3) Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect 39-50 (1993).
Dempsey & Schmidt, “Antitrust Implications of Healthcare Reform,” 14 (1)
The Healthcare Supervisor 14-18 (Sept. 1995).
Schmidt, “Assessing the Guardianship Reform of Limited Guardianship:
Tailoring Guardianship or Expanding Inappropriate Guardianships?” 2 (1)
Journal of Ethics, Law, and Aging 5-14 (1996).
Schmidt, “Public Guardianship Issues for New York: Insights from Research,” 6
(3) Elder Law Attorney 31-37 (Fall 1996).
Teaster, Schmidt, Abramson & Almeida, “Staff Service and Volunteer Staff
Service Models for Public Guardianship and “Alternatives” Services: Who Is
Served and With What Outcomes?” 5 (2) Journal of Ethics, Law, and Aging
131-151 (Fall/Winter 1999).
Coyne & Schmidt, “Distance Learning in Graduate Health Administration
Education: A Case Study from Washington State University,” 19 (1) Journal of
Health Administration Education 51-70 (Winter 2001).
Schmidt, “The Wingspan of Wingspread: What is Known and Not Known about the
State of the Guardianship and Public Guardianship System Thirteen Years after
the Wingspread National Guardianship Symposium,” 31 (3) Stetson Law Review
1027-1046 (Spring 2002).
Selected Service Responsibilities
Certified Professional Guardian Board,
Washington Courts, Olympia, WA, 10/16/03-9/30/06
http://www.courts.wa.gov/programs_orgs/guardian/
Board of Directors, National Committee for
the Prevention of Elder Abuse, 1992-
http://www.preventelderabuse.org/
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