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Profile<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Winsor C. Schmidt, J.D., LL.M. is the Metrolina Medical Foundation Distinguished Professor of Public Policy on Health in the Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He was previously Endowed Chair\/Distinguished Professor of Urban Health Policy, University of Louisville School of Medicine where he held faculty appointments as Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Family and Geriatric Medicine, and as Professor of Health Management and Systems Sciences in the School of Public Health and Information Sciences. Professor Schmidt was the founding Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Administration at Washington State University.<\/p>\n

Professor Schmidt\u2019s publications include the books, Public Guardianship and the Elderly <\/em>(Ballinger Publishing Company), Guardianship: Court of Last Resort for the Elderly and Disabled <\/em>(Carolina Academic Press), and co-authorship of Public Guardianship: In the Best Interests of Incapacitated People? <\/em>(Praeger Publishers), as well as over 55 book chapters and articles on health and mental health law and policy issues. His work informs health, social service, and legal professionals, as well as judges and legislators, about the findings, analyses, conclusions, and implications from over 35 years of national and state research on guardianship and protective services for older persons and people with disabilities.<\/p>\n

Professor Schmidt\u2019s teaching experience includes graduate courses on health law, health policy, mental health law, aging policy and law, children\u2019s health law and policy, women\u2019s health law and policy, social science in law, administrative law, and international health law and bioethics.<\/p>\n

Recent service experience includes the Board of Directors, National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, and the state of Washington\u2019s Certified Professional Guardian Board (2003-2012). He is Adjunct Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law and a member of the District of Columbia Bar.<\/p>\n

Education<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

A.B., Harvard University, 1970, Government<\/p>\n

J.D., American University, 1973, Public Law<\/p>\n

LL.M., University of Virginia, 1984, Mental Health Law<\/p>\n

Teaching<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Health Policy Development<\/p>\n

Health Law and Ethics<\/p>\n

Research Interests<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Guardianship<\/p>\n

Mental health law<\/p>\n

Health law<\/p>\n

Elder law<\/p>\n

Health policy<\/p>\n

Selected Awards and Honors<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Metrolina Medical Foundation Distinguished Professor of Public Policy on Health, University of North Carolina at Charlotte<\/p>\n

Endowed Chair\/Distinguished Professor of Urban Health Policy, University of Louisville School of Medicine<\/p>\n

Washington State University Spokane Faculty Excellence Award<\/p>\n

Best Research Paper award from The University of Memphis Chapter of the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society<\/p>\n

Mr. Division Volunteer Award, Florida Mental Health Association<\/p>\n

Selected Community Involvement<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Board of Directors, National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse<\/p>\n

Guardianship Advisory Board, Guardianship Certificate Program, University of Washington Educational Outreach<\/p>\n

Publications<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Books<\/em><\/p>\n

Schmidt, K. Miller, W. Bell & E. New, Public Guardianship and the Elderly<\/em>, Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Co. (1981), 268 pp.<\/p>\n

Schmidt (ed.), Guardianship: Court of Last Resort for the Elderly and Disabled<\/em>, Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press (1995), 260 pp.: http:\/\/www.cap-press.com\/books\/172<\/a><\/p>\n

Teaster, W. Schmidt, E. Wood, S. Lawrence & M. Mendiondo, Public Guardianship: In the Best Interests of Incapacitated People?<\/em>, Praeger Publishers (2010), 262 pp.: http:\/\/www.abc-clio.com\/product.aspx?id=53444<\/a><\/p>\n

Book Chapters<\/em><\/p>\n

Miller, Fein & Schmidt, \u201cThe Therapeutic State and Current Court Cases\u201d in K. Miller, The Criminal Justice and Mental Health Systems: Conflict and Collusion<\/em>, Cambridge, MA: Oelgeschlager, Gunn, and Hain, Inc. (1980), pp. 35-70.<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cGuardianship: Public and Private\u201d in M. Kapp, H. Pies & A. Doudera (eds.), Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Care for the Elderly<\/em>, Ann Arbor, MI: Health Administration Press (1985), pp. 189-221 (1986 American Journal of Nursing<\/em> Books of the Year Award).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cHealth and Human Services Law and Regulation\u201d in J. Rabin & M. Steinhauer (eds.), Handbook on Human Services Administration<\/em>, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc. (1988), pp. 381-404:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.routledge.com\/books\/Handbook-on-Human-Service-Administration-isbn9780824779245<\/a><\/p>\n

Hightower, Heckert & Schmidt, \u201cElderly Nursing Home Residents\u2019 Need for Public Guardianship Services in Tennessee\u201d in E. Dejowski (ed.), Protecting Judgment-Impaired Adults: Issues, Interventions and Policies<\/em>, NY: Haworth Press (1990).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cRevising Revisionism in Guardianship: An Assessment of Legal Reform of Decisional Incapacity\u201d in M. Smyer, K. Schaie & M. Kapp (eds.), Older Adults\u2019 Decision-Making and the Law<\/em>, NY: Springer Publishing Co., pp. 269-282 (1996).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cHealth Care Financing and Delivery for the Elderly: A Planned, Regulated System in Counterpoint to a Competitive Marketplace Approach\u201d in M. Kapp (ed.), Ethics, Law, and Aging Review: Consumer-Directed Care and Older Persons<\/em>, NY: Springer Publishing Co., pp. 53-65 (2000).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cLaw and Aging: A Mental Health Theory Approach,\u201d in I. Doran (ed.), Theories on Law and Ageing: The Jurisprudence of Elder Law<\/em>, New York: Springer- Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (2009), pp. 121-143:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.springer.com\/social+sciences\/aging\/book\/978-3-540-78953-6<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.springerlink.com\/content\/j004j7\/?p=34b6d9395a28446486ff6d553ee9526a&pi=0<\/a><\/p>\n

Schmidt & Clarke, \u201cThe Legal and Financial Environment,\u201d in S. Hernandez (ed.), Strategic Human Resources Management in Health Services Organizations<\/em>, 3rd edition, Delmar Cengage Publishers (2010), pp. 17-33:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.delmarlearning.com\/browse_product_detail.aspx?catid=32186&isbn=0766835405&cat1ID=HCR&cat2ID=HSA<\/a><\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cProxy Decision-Making: A Legal Perspective,\u201d in Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring and Israel Doron (eds.), The Law and Ethics of Dementia<\/em>, Oxford: Hart Publishing (2014), pp. 311-327: http:\/\/www.hartpub.co.uk\/BookDetails.aspx?ISBN=9781849464178<\/a><\/p>\n

Articles in Journals<\/em><\/p>\n

Miller, Schmidt & K. Miller, \u201cDecriminalizing Drugs: Variations in Endorsement within Professional Roles,\u201d 7 Contemporary Drug Problems<\/em> 181-93 (Summer 1978). NCJ 65414<\/p>\n

Miller, K. Miller & Schmidt, \u201cDrug Offender Diversion: Perceptions of Legal and Rehabilitation Personnel,\u201d 7 Contemporary Drug Problems<\/em> 591-605 (Winter 1978). NCJ 063955<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cMental Health Law: A Floridian Perspective,\u201d 3 Community Support Service Journal<\/em> 5-9 (Summer 1979).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cDrug Offender Diversion: Legal Issues and Administration,\u201d 8 Contemporary Drug Problems<\/em> 475-94 (Winter 1979). NCJ 073768<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cSuggested Florida Constitutional Provisions Relating to the Mentally Disabled,\u201d 54 Florida Bar Journal<\/em> 473-77 (Winter 1979).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cIs Bifurcation in the Insanity Defense Salvageable?\u201d 6 National Journal of Criminal Defense<\/em> 185-99 (Fall 1980).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cGuardianship of the Elderly in Florida: Social Bankruptcy and the Need for Reform,\u201d 55 Florida Bar Journal<\/em> 189-95 (March 1981), reprinted in Law for the Florida Social Service Worker<\/em>, Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (Oct. 1981).<\/p>\n

Bell, Schmidt & K. Miller, \u201cPublic Guardianship and the Elderly: Findings from a National Study,\u201d 21 The Gerontologist<\/em> 194-202 (April 1981).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, Bickel, Bell, K. Miller & New, \u201cIssues in Public Guardianship,\u201d 15 The Urban and Social Change Review<\/em> 21-26 (Winter 1982).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cA Proposal for Changing Florida\u2019s Civil Commitment System,\u201d 6 Nova Law Journal<\/em> 385-435 (Spring 1982).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, K. Miller, Bell & New, \u201cAlternatives to Public Guardianship,\u201d 14 State and Local Government Review<\/em> 128-31 (Sept. 1982).<\/p>\n

Nelson, Schmidt & K. Miller, \u201cThe Legal Needs of the Mentally and Developmentally Disabled: A Florida Study,\u201d 6 Mental Disability Law Reporter<\/em> 418-424 (Nov.-Dec. 1982).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cDeinstitutionalization Following Pennhurst State School v. Halderman,\u201d 5 Journal of Health and Human Resources Administration<\/em> 481-88 (Spring 1983).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, K. Miller, Cameron & Collins, \u201cThe Impact of Attorneys\u2019 Attitudes Toward Pro Bono Publico Efforts on Behalf of the Mentally Disabled,\u201d 12 Stetson Law Review <\/em>395-403 (1983).<\/p>\n

Schmidt & K. Miller, \u201cImproving the Social Treatment Model in Protective Services for the Elderly: False Needs in the Therapeutic State,\u201d 1 Journal of International and Comparative Social Welfare<\/em> 90-106 (Fall 1984).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cThe Evolution of a Public Guardianship Program,\u201d 12 Journal of Psychiatry and Law<\/em> 349-72 (Fall 1984).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cSupreme Court Decisionmaking on Insanity Acquittees Does Not Depend on Research Conducted by the Behavioral Science Community: Jones v. United States,\u201d 12 Journal of Psychiatry and Law<\/em> 507-25 (Winter 1984).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cA Proposal for Corrections Overcrowding and the Mentally Disordered,\u201d 59 Florida Bar Journal<\/em> 34-36 (April 1985).<\/p>\n

Peters, Schmidt & K. Miller, \u201cGuardianship of the Elderly in Tallahassee, Florida,\u201d 25 The Gerontologist<\/em> 532-38 (Oct. 1985).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cConsiderations of Social Science in a Reconsideration of Parham v. J. R. and the Commitment of Children to Public Mental Institutions,\u201d 13 Journal of Psychiatry and Law<\/em> 339-59 (Fall-Winter 1985). PMID: 11649764<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cCritique of the American Psychiatric Association\u2019s Guidelines for Legislation on Civil Commitment of the Mentally Ill,\u201d 11 New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement <\/em>11-43 (Winter 1985). PMID: 16100810<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cAdult Protective Services and the Therapeutic State,\u201d 10 Law and Psychology Review<\/em> 101-121 (1986).<\/p>\n

Schmidt & Peters, \u201cLegal Incompetents\u2019 Need for Guardians in Florida,\u201d 15 Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law<\/em> 69-83 (1987). PMID: 3427232<\/p>\n

Peters, K. Miller, Schmidt & Meeter, \u201cThe Effects of Statutory Change on the Civil Commitment of the Mentally Ill,\u201d 11 Law and Human Behavior<\/em> 73-99 (1987).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cRecommended Judicial Practices in Guardianship Proceedings for the Elderly,\u201d 61 Florida Bar Journal<\/em> 35-40 (May 1987).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, Miller, Peters & Loewenstein, \u201cA Descriptive Analysis of Professional and Volunteer Programs for the Delivery of Guardianship Services,\u201d 8 Probate Law Journal <\/em>125-156 (1988).<\/p>\n

Schmidt & Otto, \u201cA Legal and Behavioral Science Analysis of Statutory Guidelines for Children Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services: The Florida Case,\u201d 16 Journal of Psychiatry and Law<\/em> 9-65 (1988).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cIssues in Health Law: Introduction,\u201d 11 Journal of Health and Human Resources Administration<\/em> 437-443 (Spring 1989).<\/p>\n

Schmidt (ed.), \u201cIssues in Health Law: A Symposium, Part I,\u201d 11 Journal of Health and Human Resources Administration<\/em> 437-501 (Spring 1989).<\/p>\n

Schmidt (ed.), \u201cIssues in Health Law: A Symposium, Part II,\u201d 12 Journal of Health and Human Resources Administration<\/em> 112-165 (Summer 1989).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cQuantitative Information About the Quality of the Guardianship System: Toward a Next Generation of Guardianship Research,\u201d 10 Probate Law Journal<\/em> 61-80 (1990).<\/p>\n

Hightower, Heckert & Schmidt, \u201cElderly Nursing Home Residents\u2019 Need for Public Guardianship Services in Tennessee,\u201d 2 (3\/4) Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect<\/em> 105-122 (1990).<\/p>\n

Otto & Schmidt, \u201cMalpractice in Verbal Psychotherapy: Problems and Potential Solutions,\u201d 4 Forensic Reports<\/em> 309-335 (1991).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, Heckert & Mercer, \u201cFactors Associated with Medical Malpractice: Results from a Pilot Study,\u201d 7 Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy<\/em> 157-182 (Spring 1991) (1992 Best Research Paper award from The University of Memphis Chapter of the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society). PMID: 10111244<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cAccountability of Lawyers in Serving Vulnerable, Elderly Clients,\u201d 5 (3) Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect <\/em>39-50 (1993). NCJ 146635<\/p>\n

Dempsey & Schmidt, \u201cAntitrust Implications of Healthcare Reform,\u201d 14 (1) The Healthcare Supervisor <\/em>14-18 (Sept. 1995). PMID: 10144613<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cAssessing the Guardianship Reform of Limited Guardianship: Tailoring Guardianship or Expanding Inappropriate Guardianships?\u201d 2 (1) Journal of Ethics, Law, and Aging<\/em> 5-14 (1996).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cPublic Guardianship Issues for New York: Insights from Research,\u201d 6 (3) Elder Law Attorney <\/em>31-37 (Fall 1996).<\/p>\n

Teaster, Schmidt, Abramson & Almeida, \u201cStaff Service and Volunteer Staff Service Models for Public Guardianship and \u2018Alternatives\u2019 Services: Who Is Served and With What Outcomes?,\u201d 5 (2) Journal of Ethics, Law, and Aging <\/em>131-151 (Fall\/Winter 1999).<\/p>\n

Coyne & Schmidt, \u201cDistance Learning in Graduate Health Administration Education: A Case Study from Washington State University,\u201d 19 (1) Journal of Health Administration Education<\/em> 51-70 (Winter 2001). PMID: 17380645<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cThe 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,\u201d 31 (3) Stetson Law Review<\/em> 1027-1046 (Spring 2002).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, Akinci & Wagner, \u201cThe Relationship Between Guardian Certification Requirements and Guardian Sanctioning: A Research Issue in Elder Law and Policy,\u201d 25 (5) Behavioral Sciences and the Law<\/em> 641-653 (September\/October 2007). PMID: 17899533<\/p>\n

Teaster, Wood, Lawrence & Schmidt, \u201cWards of the State: A National Study of Public Guardianship,\u201d 37 (1) Stetson Law Review<\/em> 193-241 (Fall 2007).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, Teaster, Wood, Lawrence & Mendiondo, \u201cDevelopment and Trends in the Status of Public Guardianship: Highlights of the 2007 National Public Guardianship Study,\u201d 33 (5) Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter<\/em> 728-732 (September October 2009). PMID: 20041583<\/p>\n

Schmidt, Akinci & Magill, \u201cStudy Finds Certified Guardians with Legal Work Experience Are at Greater Risk for Elder Abuse Than Certified Guardians with Other Work Experience,\u201d 7 (2) NAELA Journal<\/em> 171-197 (Fall 2011) (NAELA is the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cMedicalization of Aging: The Upside and the Downside,\u201d 13 (1) Marquette Elder\u2019s Advisor<\/em> 55-88 (Fall 2011).<\/p>\n

Schmidt, \u201cGuardianship for Vulnerable Adults in North Dakota: Recommendations Regarding Unmet Needs, Statutory Efficacy, and Cost Effectiveness,\u201d 89 (1) North Dakota Law Review <\/em>77-142 (2013).<\/p>\n

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