Publications



	Topics (pdf) Health Care Reform (pdf) Faith and Cultural Perspectives (pdf) Emerging Technologies (pdf) End-of-life Issues (pdf) Other (pdf) Health Care Reform Books •Karen G. Gervais, Reinhard Priester, Dorothy E. Vawter, Kimberly K. Otte, Mary M. Solberg (Eds.) Ethical Challenges in Managed Care: A Casebook, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press (1999). Book Chapters • Karen G. Gervais, “A Model for Ethical Decision-Making to Inform the Ethics Education of Future Health Care Professionals.” In Educating for Moral Action: A Sourcebook in Health and Rehabilitation Ethics, Ruth B. Purtilo, Gail M. Jensen, Charlotte Brasic Royeen (Eds.). Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company (2005). • Karen G. Gervais, “Managed Care.” In Encyclopedia of Bioethics, Volume 3, Stephen G. Post (Ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA (2004). • Karen G. Gervais and Dorothy E. Vawter, “Introduction: Ethical Challenges in Managed Care.” In Karen G. Gervais, Reinhard Priester, Dorothy E. Vawter, Kimberly K. Otte, Mary M. Solberg, (Eds.) Ethical Challenges in Managed Care: A Casebook Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, (1999). • Ronald E. Cranford and Karen G. Gervais, “Case Commentary: Shifting Costs and Care to Public Programs.” In Karen G. Gervais, Reinhard Priester, Dorothy E. Vawter, Kimberly K. Otte, Mary M. Solberg, (Eds.) Ethical Challenges in Managed Care: A Casebook Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press (1999). Articles • Karen G. Gervais and J. Eline Garrett, “Wanted: More Assistance in Benefits Design,” American Journal of Bioethics 4(3):74-76 (2004). • Reinhard Priester, Karen G. Gervais, and Dorothy E. Vawter, “A Model for Improving Coverage Policy Decisions,” The American Journal of Managed Care 5(8):981-1066 (1999). • Karen G. Gervais and Ronald E. Cranford, “What Do We Want? Designing Ethics Mechanisms for a Changing World,” Minnesota Physician XII:34-35 (1999). Reinhard Priester, “Case Commentary: Generalist-Specialist Relationships,” HMS Bulletin 70(4):15-17 (1998). • Karen G. Gervais, “Case Commentary: Changing Health Plans, Changing Doctors,” HMS Bulletin 70(1):10-13 (1998). • Reinhard Priester, “Case Commentary: Disclosing Financial Incentives,” HMS Bulletin 69(6):14-17 (1997). • Reinhard Priester, “Case Commentary: Patient Request for Specific Health Care Intervention,” HMS Bulletin 69(5):16-19 (1997). • Reinhard Priester, “Does Managed Care Offer Value to Society? Value-Based Formulas for Purchasing,” Managed Care Quarterly 5(1):57-63 (1997). • Reinhard Priester and Karen G. Gervais, “The Physician-Patient Relationship in the Contemporary Health Care System,” HMS Bulletin 68(6):13-15 (1996). • Karen G. Gervais, “Double Agent Doctors? When Managed Care Sees the Forest and Physicians See the Trees,” Minnesota Physician 10(1):1, 18-19 (1996). • Reinhard Priester and Karen G. Gervais, “Mandates for Unproven Health Care Interventions,” Minnesota Medicine 79(4):52-55 (1996). Reports and White Papers • Dorothy E. Vawter, Karen G. Gervais and J. Eline Garrett, Rationing Vaccines in Minnesota: Recommendations of the Pandemic Influenza Ethics Work Group, Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Center for Health Care Ethics (2006). • Karen G. Gervais and J. Eline Garrett, Building a Town Hall for Healthcare Decision-Making: A Report of the Town Hall Panel to the Medical Alley Board of Directors, Minneapolis, MN: Medical Alley (2001). • Reinhard Priester and Karen G. Gervais, A Role Playing Exercise in Managed Care Decision Making: Coverage for Experimental Interventions, Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Center for Health Care Ethics (1999). • Reinhard Priester and Karen G. Gervais, Final Report to the Minnesota Council of Health Plans - Project EQUIP on “A Role Playing Exercise in Managed Care Decision Making: Coverage for Experimental Interventions,” Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Center for Health Care Ethics (1998). • Reinhard Priester, Karen G. Gervais, and Dorothy E. Vawter, Improving Coverage Decisions for Unproven Health Care Interventions, Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Center for Health Care Ethics (1996). Letters • Ellie Garrett, Letter to the editor regarding Minnesota Department of Health’s patient data reporting rule, Minneapolis Star Tribune (December 13, 2002). • Karen G. Gervais, Letter to the Editor on mandated coverage of autologous bone marrow transplants for breast cancer, Minneapolis Star Tribune (February 24, 2000). • Karen G. Gervais and Ray DeVries, “Doctors ‘Report Card’ on HMO Care is Probably a Misdiagnosis,” Minneapolis Star Tribune Editorial (November 4, 1997). • Reinhard Priester, Dorothy E. Vawter, and Karen G. Gervais, “Investigational Treatments: Process, Payment, and Priorities” [letter] JAMA 278(17):1403-4 (1997). Faith and Cultural Perspectives Books • Kathleen A. Culhane-Pera, Dorothy E. Vawter, Phua Xiong, Barbara Babbitt, Mary M. Solberg (eds.) Healing by Heart: Clinical and Ethical Case Stories of Hmong Families and Western Providers, Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press (2003). Book Chapters • Karen G. Gervais, “Accommodation of Cultural Differences in End-of-Life Care.” In K. A. Culhane-Pera, D. E. Vawter, P. Xiong, B. Babbitt, M. M. Solberg (Eds.), Healing by Heart: Clinical and Ethical Case Stories of Hmong Families and Western Providers (pp. 280-283). Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press (2003). • Dorothy E. Vawter, Kathleen A. Culhane-Pera, Barbara Babbitt, Phua Xiong, and Mary M. Solberg, “A Model for Culturally Responsive Health Care.” In K. A. Culhane-Pera, D. E. Vawter, P. Xiong, B. Babbitt, M. M. Solberg (Eds.), Healing by Heart: Clinical and Ethical Case Stories of Hmong Families and Western Providers (pp. 297-356). Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press (2003). • Karen G. Gervais “Changing Society, Changing Medicine, Changing Bioethics.” In Raymond DeVries and Janardan Subedi (Eds.), Bioethics and Society: Constructing the Ethical Enterprise. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall (1998). Articles • Kathleen A. Culhane-Pera, Dorothy E. Vawter, Phua Xiong, Barbara Babbitt, and Mary Solberg, “Healing by Heart,” Healthy Generations: Immigrant and Refugee Healthcare, 5(3):5 (February 2005). • Kathleen A. Culhane-Pera and Dorothy E. Vawter, “A Study of Health Care Professionals’ Perspectives about a Cross-cultural Ethical Conflict involving a Hmong Patient and Her Family,” The Journal of Clinical Ethics 9(2):179-190 (1998). • Karen G. Gervais and Reinhard Priester, “Case Commentary: Respecting Diversity in the Context of Resource Allocation,” HMS Bulletin 70(2):16-19 (1998). • Dorothy E. Vawter and Barbara Babbitt, “Hospice Care for Terminally Ill Hmong Patients: A Good Cultural Fit?” Minnesota Medicine 80:42-44 (1997); reprinted in MHO Exchange [Quarterly Newsletter of the Minnesota Hospice Organization] (December, 1997). • Karen G. Gervais, “Implementing an Intercultural Health Care Ethic: Working with Minnesota’s Hmong Community,” Minnesota Medicine 79(5):49-51 (1996). Videos • “Trading Beliefs: Four Hmong Families Consider Relinquishing Their Traditional Health Beliefs,” [video] Barbara Babbitt and Dorothy E. Vawter (executive producers) Minnesota Center for Health Care Ethics (1997). • “Western Medicine Through Hmong Voices,” [video] Minnesota Center for Health Care Ethics (1996). Emerging Technologies Articles • Prehn AW, Vawter DE, Gervais KG, DeVries RG, Garrett JE, Freeman TB, McIndoo TQ. Studying neurosurgical implants for Parkinson disease: a question of design. Neurology. 2006 Oct 24;67(8):1503-5. • Dorothy E. Vawter, Karen G. Gervais and Thomas B. Freeman, “Strategies for Achieving High-Quality IRB Review,” American Journal of Bioethics 4(3):74-76 (2004). • Dorothy E. Vawter and Karen G. Gervais, “Reflections on Kipnis’ Concept of Medical Vulnerability,” APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Medicine 4(1) (2004). • Dorothy E. Vawter and Karen G. Gervais, “Does Placebo Surgery-Controlled Research Call for New Provisions to Protect Human Research Participants?” American Journal of Bioethics 3(4):50-53 (2004). • D.E. Vawter, G. Rogers-Chrysler, M. Clay, L. Pittelko, D. Therkelsen, D. Kim, and J. McCullough, “A Phased Consent Policy for Cord Blood Donation,” Transfusion 42:1268-1274 (2002). • R.P. Lanza, J.B. Cibelli, M.D. West, E. Dorff, C. Tauer, and R. M. Green, “The Ethical Reasons for Stem Cell Research,” Science 292:1299 (May 18, 2001). • Carol A. Tauer, “Personal Privacy and the Common Good: Genetic Testing Raises Ethical Considerations for Patients and Clinicians,” Health Progress 82(2):36-42, 78 (March-April 2001). • Carol A. Tauer, “Genetic Testing and Discrimination: How Can We Protect Job and Insurance Policy Applicants from Negative Test Consequences?” Health Progress 82(2):48-53, 71 (March-April 2001). • Thomas B. Freeman, Dorothy E. Vawter, Paul E. Leaverton, et al., “The Use of Placebo Surgery in Controlled Trials of a Cellular-Based Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease,” New England Journal of Medicine 341(13):988-92 (1999) reprinted in Carol Levine (ed.) Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Bioethical Issues, ninth edition. Guilford, CT: Dushkin Publishing Group, Inc. (2000). Book Chapters • Carol A. Tauer, “Responsibility and Regulation: Reproductive Technologies, Cloning, and Embryo Research.” In Paul Lauritzen, ed., Cloning and the Future of Embryo Research. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 285-292 (March-April 2001). • Dorothy E. Vawter, “An Ethical and Policy Framework for the Collection of Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells: The Meaning and Importance of Respecting Donors.” In Robert F. Weir, ed. Ethical and Legal Implications of Stored Tissue Samples. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press (1998). • Dorothy E. Vawter, “Ethical Frameworks for Live and Cadaver Organ Donation. In Organ and Tissue Donation: Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues, Bethany Spielman, ed. Springfield, IL: Southern Illinois University Press (1996). Encyclopedia Entries • Carol A. Tauer, “Gene Therapy, Ethics, Gene Therapy for Fetuses and Embryos.” In T. H. Murray and M. J. Mehlman, eds., Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues in Biotechnology, vol. 1 New York: Wiley, pp. 285-292 (2000). • Carol A. Tauer, “Human Enhancement Uses of Biotechnology, Ethics, Human Growth Hormone.” In T. H. Murray and M. J. Mehlman, eds., Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues in Biotechnology, vol. 1 New York: Wiley, pp. 491-502 (2000). Reports and White Papers • J. Eline Garrett, Karen G. Gervais, Dorothy E. Vawter, Angela W. Prehn, and Timothy Q. McIndoo, “A Proposal to Improve the Funding Infrastructure for Surgically Implanted Medical Device Trials in the United States,” (in press). • D.E. Redmond, Jr. and T.B. Freeman, American Society for Neural Transplantation and Repair, “The American Society for Neural Transplantation and Repair Considerations and Guidelines for Studies of Human Subjects.” The practice committee of the society. Approved by council. Cell Transplantation 10:661-664 (2001). Abstracts • Freeman, T.B., Vawter, D.E., Gervais, K.G., Prehn, A.W., DeVries, R.G., Garrett, J.E., McIndoo, T.Q. The modern era of surgical trial designs: perspectives of Parkinson’s disease (PD) researchers. [abstract] Experimental Neurology 2006: 198:568-569. • Dorothy E. Vawter, Karen G. Gervais, Angela W. Prehn, Thomas B. Freeman, Raymond G. De Vries, and J. Eline Garrett, “Ethical Issues in Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Research: Perspectives of Surgical Researchers Studying Parkinson’s Disease (PD).” Movement Disorders 2006: 21(Supp 13); S127-128. Abstract P244. • Dorothy E. Vawter, Karen G. Gervais, Angela W. Prehn, J. Eline Garrett, Timothy McIndoo, Raymond De Vries, “Funding Surgical Device Research: Perspectives of Parkinson’s Disease Researchers.” Movement Disorders 2006: 21 (Supp 13); S155. Abstract P330. • Dorothy E. Vawter Angela Witt Prehn, Karen G. Gervais, Raymond G. De Vries, Thomas B. Freeman, J. Eline Garrett, and Timothy Q. McIndoo. “Designing Rigorous Surgical Trials: Guidance from North American Movement Disorder Researchers.” Movement Disorders 2005: 20(Supp 10); S164. Abstract P556. • Dorothy E. Vawter, Karen G. Gervais, Angela Witt Prehn, J. Eline Garrett, Timothy Q. McIndoo, Raymond G. De Vries, and Thomas B. Freeman. “Funding Surgical Device Research: Perspectives of Parkinson’s Disease Researchers” [abstract and poster] Academy Health 2004 Annual Research Meeting, San Diego, CA, abstract available at http://www.academyhealth.org/2004/abstracts/technology.pdf, p. 9 (Nov. 2, 2004). • Prehn, AW, Vawter, DE, De Vries, RG, McIndoo, TQ, Gervais, KG, Garrett, JE, and Freeman, TB. “Practical and ethical challenges in surgical trials: Perspectives of Parkinson’s disease (PD) researchers” [abstract]. Neurology 2004: 62(supp 5);A393. • Thomas B. Freeman and Dorothy E. Vawter. “From the Laboratory to the Clinic: Unique Issues in the Clinical Evaluation of Neural Reconstruction Therapies,” [abstract] Experimental Neurology 2004:187;203 • Dorothy E. Vawter, Karen G . Gervais, Angela Witt Prehn, Raymond G. De Vries, Thomas B. Freeman, J. Eline Garrett, and Timothy Q. McIndoo, “Placebo-Controlled Surgical Trials: Perspectives of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) Researchers,” [abstract] Experimental Neurology 2004:187; 221-222. • Angela Witt. Prehn, Dorothy E. Vawter, Raymond G. De Vries, Timothy Q. McIndoo, Karen G. Gervais, J. Eline Garrett, and Thomas B. Freeman, “Practical and Ethical Challenges in Surgical Trials: Perspectives of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) Researchers” [abstract] Neurology 2004:62 (supp 5);A393. • T.B. Freeman, D.E. Vawter, CG Goetz, PE Leaverton, RA Hauser, PR Sanberg, JH Godbold, and CW Olanow, “Toward the Use of Surgical Placebo-Controlled Trials,” [abstract] Transplantation Proceedings 1997:29;1925. Letters • Thomas B. Freeman, Dorothy E. Vawter, C. and Warren Olanow, “Placebo Surgery in Trials of Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease,” [letter] New England Journal of Medicine 342(5):354-355 (2000). • M Wick, ME Clay, T Eastlund, DE Vawter, R McGlennen, and J McCullough, “Genetic Testing of Banked Umbilical Cord Blood,” [letter] Cytotherapy 1(4):275-78 (1999). End-of-Life Issues Encyclopedia Entries • Karen G. Gervais, “Definition of Death: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives,” in Encyclopedia of Bioethics, Volume 2, Stephen Post (Ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA (2004). • Karen G. Gervais, “Definition and Determination of Death: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives,” In The Encyclopedia of Bioethics, Volume 1, Warren Thomas Reich (ed.). New York, NY: Simon, Schuster and Macmillan Publishing Company (1994). Articles • Dorothy E. Vawter and Barbara Babbitt, “Hospice Care for Terminally Ill Hmong Patients: A Good Cultural Fit?” Minnesota Medicine, 80:42-44(1997); reprinted in MHO Exchange [Quarterly Newsletter of the Minnesota Hospice Organization] (December, 1997). Book Reviews • Karen G. Gervais, “The Indeterminacies of Death,” a review The Definition of Death: Contemporary Controversies (eds.) Stuart J. Youngner, Robert M. Arnold, and Renie Schapiro Hastings Center Report (Sept/Oct 2000). Letters • Karen G. Gervais, “A Hard Look at Assisted Suicide,” [Commentary] Minneapolis Star Tribune (July 21, 1997). • Dorothy E. Vawter, “A Multi-institution Collaborative Policy on Medical Futility,” [letter] JAMA 276(19):1549-1550 (1996). • Karen G. Gervais, “Legal Assaults Make Spectacle of Family’s Private Tragedy,” [Opinion-Editorial Column] Minneapolis Star Tribune (November 13, 1994). • Karen G. Gervais, “Surrogate Decision maker Law Could Aid Families Such as Butchers,” [Opinion-Editorial Column] Minneapolis Star Tribune (March 2, 1994). • Karen G. Gervais, “Advancing the Definition of Death Debate,” Medical Humanities Review 3(2):7-9 (1989), reprinted in Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine, Fourth Edition, John Arras and Bonnie Steinbock, eds. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company (1994). Other • Angela W. Prehn, Barbara Topol, Susan Stewart, Sally L. Glaser, Lilia O’Connor, and Dee W. West, “Differences in Treatment Patterns for Localized Breast Carcinoma among Asian/Pacific Islander Women,” Cancer 95(11):2268-75 (2002). • C. D. O’Malley, A. W. Prehn, S. J. Shema, and S. L. Glaser, “Racial/Ethnic Differences in Survival Rates in a Population-based Series of Men with Breast Carcinoma,” Cancer 94(11):2836-43 (2002). S. S. Lin, C. A. Clarke, A. W. Prehn, S. L. Glaser, D. W. West, and C. D. O’Malley, “Survival Differences Among Asian Subpopulations in the United States After Prostate, Colorectal, Breast, and Cervical Carcinomas,” Cancer 94(4):1175-82 (2002). • Carol A. Tauer, “The Types of Moral Status,” Hastings Center Report 31(1):45-47 (2001). Prehn, C. Clarke, B. Topol, S. Glaser, and D. West, “Increase in Breast Cancer Incidence in Middle-aged Women During the 1990s,” Annals of Epidemiology 12(7):476-81 (2002). • Karen G. Gervais, “Adoption: Philosophical and Ethical Considerations,” Family Law 8(2):1, 25-29 (1996). • Karen G. Gervais, Dorothy E. Vawter, and Emily Spilseth, “Readings in Rehabilitation Ethics,” HEC Forum 7(2-3):183-197 (1995).