JOAN MC IVER GIBSON, PH.D.
joanmgibson.com info@joanmgibson.com
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
B.A. In Philosophy (1965) Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
M.A. in Philosophy (1969) U.C. San Diego, San Diego, CA
Ph.D. in Philosophy (1974) U.C. San Diego, San Diego, CA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Ethics Consultant, Speaker/Trainer on Values-Based Decision Making and Advance Care Planning
Author: Values-Based Decision Making; Health Care Decision Making; Bioethics and End of Life Decision Making
Founder/Director: University of New Mexico Health Sciences Ethics Program (Retired)
FIELD OF GRADUATE STUDY
Philosophy
Value Theory
POSITIONS (Selected)
1971-86 Associate Professor of Philosophy (tenured), University of Albuquerque
1978-86 Member IRB, Presbyterian Hospital (Albuquerque)
1980-95 Adjunct Associate Professor of Bioethics: University of New Mexico Schools of Law and Medicine
1982-2003 Ethicist and Chair, Medical Ethics Committee, St. Joseph Healthcare System (Albuquerque)
1984-92 Member IRB, St. Joseph Healthcare System
1984-90 Founding Member IRB, Los Lunas Hospital and Training School
1987-2003 Adjunct Associate Professor, General Honors Program, University of New Mexico
1987-88 Project Director, Medical Treatment Guardian program
1987-95 Senior Program Director, Institute of Public Law, University of New Mexico
1991 Chair, Task Force on Health Care Prioritization, New Mexico's Governor's Health Policy Advisory Committee
1992 Member, Bioethics Planning Committee, Women Judges' Fund for Justice
1991-94 Member, Board of Directors, American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics
1992-96 Member, National Coordinating Council, Decision Making Regarding Life Sustaining Medical Treatment Project, National Center for State Courts
1993 Member, Ethics Working Group, Clinton Health Policy Task Force
1994 Consulting Ethicist, Human Studies Project, Los Alamos National Laboratories
1995-2003 Director, Health Sciences Ethics Program, University of New Mexico, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
1995-2003 Consulting Ethicist/Panel Member: University of California, Office of the President, Advisory Panel on Environment, Safety and Health
1997-2005 Consulting Ethicist, Centura Health (Colorado)
1997-98 Consulting Ethicist, San Diego County
1998 DOE Outside Reviewer for New Mexico Institutional Review Boards
1999 Consulting Ethicist, Sandia National Laboratories
2003-present Consultant, Trainer, Author: Values-Based Decision Making, Advance Care Planning,
2013-present Co-Founder, New Mexico Conversation Project
2016-Present Advance Care Planning Facilitator, Presbyterian Healthcare Services
PUBLICATIONS (Selected):
Gibson, JM, Schwartz, R. Doctors and Lawyers: Science, Art, and Conflict. American Journal of Law and Medicine. 1979.
Gibson, JM, Schwartz, R. Defining the Role of the Physician: Medical Education, Tradition, and the Legal Process.
Houston Law Review. Vol. 18, No. 4: 779-799. 1981.
Kushner, T, Gibson, JM. Ethics Committees Speak for Themselves. Institutional Ethics Committees and Health Care Decision Making. eds. Cranford and Doudera. American Society of Law and Medicine.
Gibson, JM, Kushner, T. Will the 'Conscience of an Institution' Become Society's Servant? Hastings Center Report. June 1986.
Gibson, JM. The Medical Treatment Guardian Program. HEC Forum. Vol. 2, No. 1:19-39. 1989.
Gibson, JM. Ethical Issues. Bifocal. American Bar Association. Vol. 10, No. 3: 6-8. 1989.
Gibson, JM. Values History Focuses on Life and Death Decisions. Medical Ethics for the Physician. pp. 1-2, 17. 1990.
Gibson, JM. Continuity of Care and Ethics. Continuing Care. Pp.11-14, 32. April 1990.
Gibson, JM. Reflecting on Values. Ohio State Law Journal. Vol. 51, No. 2: 451-471. 1990.
Gibson, JM. Bioethics and the Courts: Looking Over the Cruzan Horizon and Toward the Future. Courts, Health
Science and the Law. Vol. 1, No. 2: 188-193. 1990.
Gibson, JM. National Values History Project. Generations. American Society on Aging. Vol. XIV, Supplement 1990. Pp. 51-64.
Gibson, JM, Nathanson, P. When Someone Else Must Decide: The New Mexico Medical Treatment Guardian Program. Generations. American Society on Aging. Vol. XIV, Supplement, pp. 43-46.1990.
Gibson, JM. Thinking About the "Ethics" in Bioethics, in Bioethics: Health Care Law and Ethics. Eds. Furrow, Johnson, Jost, Schwartz. West Publishing. 1991.
Gibson, JM. West, MB. Hospital Ethics Committees: Mediation and Case Review. Forum. National Institute for Dispute Resolution. Pp. 22-23. Summer/Fall 1991.
Gibson, JM, West, MB. Facilitating Medical Ethics Case Review: What Ethics Committees Can Learn From Mediation and Facilitation Techniques. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. Vol. 1: 63-74. 1992.
Ross, J, Rasinski, D, Glaser, J, Gibson, JM, Bayley, C. Health Care Ethics Committees: The Next Generation. American Hospital Association. 1993.
Gibson, JM. Managed Care: Finding the Value. Quantum. Pp. 24-25. Fall 1996.
Gibson, JM. Death by Definition and Process. HEC Forum. Vol. 8, No. 6: 340-345. 1996.
Gibson, JM. The Ethics of Managed Care. Managed Care: Financial, Legal, and Ethical Issues. The Pilgrim Press. 1998.
Gibson, JM. Genetic Research: Conversation Across Cultures. Medical Ethics at the Dawn of the 21st Century. New York Academy of Sciences Press. 2000.Gibson, JM. Deciding Values. The Tracks We leave: Ethics in Healthcare Management. Health Administration Press. 2002/2012.
Gibson, JM, Bennett, M. A Field Guide to Good Decisions: Values in Action. Greenwood/Praeger, 2006
Gibson, JM. PAUSE: How to Turn Tough Choices into Strong Decisions. Self-published. 2013
joanmgibson.com info@joanmgibson.com
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
B.A. In Philosophy (1965) Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
M.A. in Philosophy (1969) U.C. San Diego, San Diego, CA
Ph.D. in Philosophy (1974) U.C. San Diego, San Diego, CA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Ethics Consultant, Speaker/Trainer on Values-Based Decision Making and Advance Care Planning
Author: Values-Based Decision Making; Health Care Decision Making; Bioethics and End of Life Decision Making
Founder/Director: University of New Mexico Health Sciences Ethics Program (Retired)
FIELD OF GRADUATE STUDY
Philosophy
Value Theory
POSITIONS (Selected)
1971-86 Associate Professor of Philosophy (tenured), University of Albuquerque
1978-86 Member IRB, Presbyterian Hospital (Albuquerque)
1980-95 Adjunct Associate Professor of Bioethics: University of New Mexico Schools of Law and Medicine
1982-2003 Ethicist and Chair, Medical Ethics Committee, St. Joseph Healthcare System (Albuquerque)
1984-92 Member IRB, St. Joseph Healthcare System
1984-90 Founding Member IRB, Los Lunas Hospital and Training School
1987-2003 Adjunct Associate Professor, General Honors Program, University of New Mexico
1987-88 Project Director, Medical Treatment Guardian program
1987-95 Senior Program Director, Institute of Public Law, University of New Mexico
1991 Chair, Task Force on Health Care Prioritization, New Mexico's Governor's Health Policy Advisory Committee
1992 Member, Bioethics Planning Committee, Women Judges' Fund for Justice
1991-94 Member, Board of Directors, American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics
1992-96 Member, National Coordinating Council, Decision Making Regarding Life Sustaining Medical Treatment Project, National Center for State Courts
1993 Member, Ethics Working Group, Clinton Health Policy Task Force
1994 Consulting Ethicist, Human Studies Project, Los Alamos National Laboratories
1995-2003 Director, Health Sciences Ethics Program, University of New Mexico, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
1995-2003 Consulting Ethicist/Panel Member: University of California, Office of the President, Advisory Panel on Environment, Safety and Health
1997-2005 Consulting Ethicist, Centura Health (Colorado)
1997-98 Consulting Ethicist, San Diego County
1998 DOE Outside Reviewer for New Mexico Institutional Review Boards
1999 Consulting Ethicist, Sandia National Laboratories
2003-present Consultant, Trainer, Author: Values-Based Decision Making, Advance Care Planning,
2013-present Co-Founder, New Mexico Conversation Project
2016-Present Advance Care Planning Facilitator, Presbyterian Healthcare Services
PUBLICATIONS (Selected):
Gibson, JM, Schwartz, R. Doctors and Lawyers: Science, Art, and Conflict. American Journal of Law and Medicine. 1979.
Gibson, JM, Schwartz, R. Defining the Role of the Physician: Medical Education, Tradition, and the Legal Process.
Houston Law Review. Vol. 18, No. 4: 779-799. 1981.
Kushner, T, Gibson, JM. Ethics Committees Speak for Themselves. Institutional Ethics Committees and Health Care Decision Making. eds. Cranford and Doudera. American Society of Law and Medicine.
Gibson, JM, Kushner, T. Will the 'Conscience of an Institution' Become Society's Servant? Hastings Center Report. June 1986.
Gibson, JM. The Medical Treatment Guardian Program. HEC Forum. Vol. 2, No. 1:19-39. 1989.
Gibson, JM. Ethical Issues. Bifocal. American Bar Association. Vol. 10, No. 3: 6-8. 1989.
Gibson, JM. Values History Focuses on Life and Death Decisions. Medical Ethics for the Physician. pp. 1-2, 17. 1990.
Gibson, JM. Continuity of Care and Ethics. Continuing Care. Pp.11-14, 32. April 1990.
Gibson, JM. Reflecting on Values. Ohio State Law Journal. Vol. 51, No. 2: 451-471. 1990.
Gibson, JM. Bioethics and the Courts: Looking Over the Cruzan Horizon and Toward the Future. Courts, Health
Science and the Law. Vol. 1, No. 2: 188-193. 1990.
Gibson, JM. National Values History Project. Generations. American Society on Aging. Vol. XIV, Supplement 1990. Pp. 51-64.
Gibson, JM, Nathanson, P. When Someone Else Must Decide: The New Mexico Medical Treatment Guardian Program. Generations. American Society on Aging. Vol. XIV, Supplement, pp. 43-46.1990.
Gibson, JM. Thinking About the "Ethics" in Bioethics, in Bioethics: Health Care Law and Ethics. Eds. Furrow, Johnson, Jost, Schwartz. West Publishing. 1991.
Gibson, JM. West, MB. Hospital Ethics Committees: Mediation and Case Review. Forum. National Institute for Dispute Resolution. Pp. 22-23. Summer/Fall 1991.
Gibson, JM, West, MB. Facilitating Medical Ethics Case Review: What Ethics Committees Can Learn From Mediation and Facilitation Techniques. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. Vol. 1: 63-74. 1992.
Ross, J, Rasinski, D, Glaser, J, Gibson, JM, Bayley, C. Health Care Ethics Committees: The Next Generation. American Hospital Association. 1993.
Gibson, JM. Managed Care: Finding the Value. Quantum. Pp. 24-25. Fall 1996.
Gibson, JM. Death by Definition and Process. HEC Forum. Vol. 8, No. 6: 340-345. 1996.
Gibson, JM. The Ethics of Managed Care. Managed Care: Financial, Legal, and Ethical Issues. The Pilgrim Press. 1998.
Gibson, JM. Genetic Research: Conversation Across Cultures. Medical Ethics at the Dawn of the 21st Century. New York Academy of Sciences Press. 2000.Gibson, JM. Deciding Values. The Tracks We leave: Ethics in Healthcare Management. Health Administration Press. 2002/2012.
Gibson, JM, Bennett, M. A Field Guide to Good Decisions: Values in Action. Greenwood/Praeger, 2006
Gibson, JM. PAUSE: How to Turn Tough Choices into Strong Decisions. Self-published. 2013