Deborah S. Cummins

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Deborah S. Cummins, Ph.D. is the Director of Research and Evidence Analysis at the American Dietetic Association, a voting member of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee, and Adjunct Faculty in the Medical Humanities Program, Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago, IL. Previously, she was the Associate Director of the Ethical Force Program at the American Medical Association and Senior Program Manager at the National Patient Safety Foundation.

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Cummins DS and Winslade W. A Case Discussion: What to do when a patient's goals are non- medical, HEC Forum, Nov. 1994, vol.6, no.6, 390-396.
Cummins DS. Heart Transplants. Vol. 3, 536-537, The New Handbook of Texas, Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1996.
Cummins DS. Bioethics on the Internet. Hastings Center Report. Jul-Aug 1997; 27(4): 46.
Wynia MK, Cummins DS, VanGeest JB, Wilson IB. Physician manipulation of reimbursement rules for patients: Between a rock and a hard place. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Apr. 12 2000; 283(14): 1858-1865.
Schlesinger M, Wynia M, and Cummins DS. Some distinctive features of managed care on psychiatry. Harvard Review of Psychiatry Nov. 2000; 8 (5):216-230.
VanGeest JB, Wynia MK, Cummins DS and Wilson IB. Effects of different monetary incentives on the return rate of a national mail survey of physicians. Medical Care Feb. 2001; 39(2): 197-201
Wynia MK, Coughlin SS, Alpert S, Cummins DS and Emanuel LL. Shared expectations for the protection of identifiable health care information: report of a national consensus process. Journal of General Internal Medicine Feb. 2001; 16:100-111.
VanGeest JB, Wynia MK, Cummins DS and Wilson IB. Measuring deception: test-retest reliability of physicians' self-reported manipulation of reimbursement rules for patients. Medical Care Research and Review. June 2002; 59(2):184-196)
Cummins DS. Professional status of bioethics consultation. Theoretical Medicine. 2002; 23: 19-43.
Cummins DS and Sokol P. A needs assessment for patient safety education: focusing on the nursing perspective. Nursing Economics; Sept-Oct 2002; 20; 5:245-248.