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Susan P. Shapiro

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Research Professor

Education

Ph.D., Sociology, Yale University

Bio

Sociologist Susan Shapiro studies the social construction, social organization, and social control of fiduciary, trust, and principal-agency relationships. Her research has examined white-collar…

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Research focus

Social construction, social organization, and social control of fiduciary or trust relationships. Research has examined topics such as white collar crime, ethics, conflict of interest, the professions, the news media, guardianship, and surrogate decision making.

Projects

Surrogate Decisionmaking at the End of Life: An Observational Study
Latest finding: Oct 18, 2012
The most significant “life-and-death” decisions of our lives - literally - are overwhelmingly made by others who act on our behalf when we are not competent to make our own medical…

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Publications

“Conflict of Interest at the Bedside: Surrogate Decision Making at the End of Life”
Conflict of Interest in Global, Public and Corporate Governance
"The Grammar of Trust"
In New Perspectives on Emotions in Finance: The Sociology of Confidence, Fear and Betayal
"Advance Directives: The Elusive Goal of Having the Last Word"
Journal of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

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Presentations

"Is Your Advance Directive Worth the Paper It’s Written On? What Works and What Doesn’t?"
May 2013
Presentation on Surrogate Decision Making at the End of Life
Sep 2012
“Impersonal Trust: A Retrospective Look from a New Century”
Jun 2012

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Professional Service & Recognition

Susan Shapiro is a 2012 awardee of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research.

 Awarded the John J. Regan Writing Award of the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys, May, 2013.