Dr Janine Winters
Position | Senior Lecturer |
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Department | Bioethics Centre |
Qualifications | Medical Doctor. Specialist in palliative medicine, paediatric palliative care, and family medicine. |
Research summary | End-of-life medical issues for adults and children, and high-stakes decision-making for children. |
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Clinical | I work half time (plus on call) at the Otago Community Hospice where I see patients and oversee clinical medical student education in Palliative Medicine. In prior years I have been the director of a Paediatric Palliative Care programme at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, where I was also in a leadership role of the Clinical Ethics Committee. |
Research
I am interested in Clinical Ethics consultations, especially regarding dilemmas in paediatrics and end-of-life care.Additional details
- I have previously taught modules on Literature in Medicine.
- I work half time at the University of Otago and half time at the Otago Community Hospice.
- I worked at the Bay of Islands Hospital, Kawakawa, in 2005–2006.
- I am from Ohio, USA. My husband has a PhD in European and Military History and we have three children.
- I realised as I wrote this how much I like living and working in places that begin and end in “O”.
Publications
Young, J. E., Winters, J., Jaye, C., & Egan, R. (2020). Patients' views on end-of-life practices that hasten death: A qualitative study exploring ethical distinctions. Annals of Palliative Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.21037/apm-20-621
Penfield Winters, J. (2018). When parents refuse: Resolving entrenched disagreements between parents and clinicians in situations of uncertainty and complexity. American Journal of Bioethics, 18(8), 20-31. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2018.1485758
O'Neill Hunt, M., McCrate Protus, B., Penfield Winters, J., & Parker, D. C. (Eds.). (2014). Pediatric palliative care consultant: Guidelines for effective management of symptoms. Montgomery, AL: HospiScript Services, 402p.
Winters, J. (2012). Palliative care for the pediatric neurologist. In P. Weisleder (Ed.), Manual of pediatric neurology. (pp. 205-228). Singapore: World Scientific. doi: 10.1142/9789814324205_0021
Edited Book - Other
O'Neill Hunt, M., McCrate Protus, B., Penfield Winters, J., & Parker, D. C. (Eds.). (2014). Pediatric palliative care consultant: Guidelines for effective management of symptoms. Montgomery, AL: HospiScript Services, 402p.
Chapter in Book - Other
Winters, J. (2012). Palliative care for the pediatric neurologist. In P. Weisleder (Ed.), Manual of pediatric neurology. (pp. 205-228). Singapore: World Scientific. doi: 10.1142/9789814324205_0021
Journal - Research Article
Young, J. E., Winters, J., Jaye, C., & Egan, R. (2020). Patients' views on end-of-life practices that hasten death: A qualitative study exploring ethical distinctions. Annals of Palliative Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.21037/apm-20-621
Penfield Winters, J. (2018). When parents refuse: Resolving entrenched disagreements between parents and clinicians in situations of uncertainty and complexity. American Journal of Bioethics, 18(8), 20-31. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2018.1485758