Faculty Profiles

Johanna Shapiro, Ph.D.

Professor, Department Of
Family Medicine

Director, Medical
Humanities Program

Administrative Office:
101 The City Dr. S
Orange, CA 92868
Phone (949)824-3748
Fax (714)456-7984
Email: jfshapir@uci.edu

"I believe reading imaginative literature about doctors and patients, illness and suffering is an excellent way of cultivating awareness and empathy. I see expressive writing about our experiences with patients as a means of gaining new insights and freeing ourselves from dysfunctional interactions. Literature as a whole is an important tool for improving both empathic understanding and communication skills."

Personal Biography:

Dr. Johanna Shapiro, Ph.D. is a graduate of Stanford University and joined the Department of Family Medicine in 1978, after clinical experience as a licensed psychologist and Marriage, Family, and Child Counselor. She has held many positions within the Department including: Director of Behavioral Sciences, Vice-Chair, Predoctoral Director, and Acting Chair. She has an impressive history of publications and presentations in such areas as family coping with illness, psychosocial aspects of medical education, and cross-cultural issues in medicine. Dr. Shapiro has a special interest in Literature and Medicine and is working to develop a "Medical Humanities" curriculum throughout the College of Medicine.

Awards:

North American Primary Care Research Group Research Fellowship 1997-98. Bayer Foundation Doctor-Patient Communication Faculty Development Program 1997-98. Recipient, UCI-College of Medicine Medical Education Award, Doctor-Patient II Course 1997. Recipient, UCI Department of Family Medicine Leadership Award, 1996.

Published Articles:

  1. Shapiro, J and Shapiro, D. The psychology of responsibility: Some second thoughts on holistic medicine. New England Journal of Medicine, 301:211-212, 1979.
  2. Shapiro, J. Changing dysfunctional relationships between family and hospital. Journal of Operational Psychiatry, 11:18-27, 1980.
  3. Shapiro, J. and Saltzer, E. Cross-cultural aspects of doctor/patient communication patterns. Urban Health, 10:10-15, 1981. (Used in Principles of Ambulatory Care course, Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine).
  4. Shapiro, J and Green, J. Family Focus: Effects of a family-oriented, psychosocial training experience on the role of the physical therapist in patient care. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 8:73-79, 1982. (Indexed in Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature Vol. IX, 1983).
  5. Shapiro, J. Family reactions and coping strategies in response to the physically ill or handicapped child: A review. Social Science and Medicine, 17:913-931, 1983. (indexed in Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature, Vol. X, 1984. Used as part of Continuing Education Course for Nurses, Indiana University Hospitals, 1988; reprinted in M Nagler (Ed), Perspectives on disability, 1991; Health Markets Research: Palo Alto, pp 260-286.
  6. Shapiro, J. and Saltzer, E. Attitudes toward breastfeeding in Mexican-American women. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 31:13-16, 1985. Instrument listed in Health Instrument File, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh.
  7. Shapiro, J. Poor Mexican mothers of disabled and nondisabled children: A comparison of maternal adjustment, child adjustment, social support, family function, and attitudes toward disabled people. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 56:289-302, 1986. (Used in Social Welfare Program, Bloomsburg University, 1990).
  8. Shapiro, J. Assessing family coping with illness: Reflections on research, teaching, and clinical practice. Psychosomatics, 27:262-271, 1986. Reprinted in Barry, P.D. (Ed), Psychosocial nursing assessment and intervention, J.B. Lippincott, in press.
  9. Shapiro, J and Shumaker, S. Differences in emotional well-being and communication styles in families of child cancer patients. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 5:121-131, 1987.
  10. Shapiro, J. The maturing of family medicine: Challenge to behavioral science. J. Fam. Pract., 5:583-584, 1988.
  11. Shapiro, J. Stresses in the lives of parents of children with disabilities: Providing effective caregiving. Stress Medicine, 4:77-93, 1988.
  12. Shapiro, J. A visit to the doctor: An illustration of implicit meanings in the doctor-patient relationship. Family Systems Medicine, 6:276-289, 1988.
  13. Shapiro, J. Stress, depression and support group participation in mothers of developmentally delayed children. Family Relations, 38:169-173, 1989.
  14. Shapiro, J. The stone boy and the crazy lady: The understanding and regulation of emotion in clinical teaching. Family Systems Medicine, 7:72-82, 1989.
  15. Shapiro, J., Talbot, Y. An extended metaphor: Family Medicine as family. Family Systems Medicine, 8:125-134, 1990.
  16. Shapiro, J., Tittle, K. Maternal adaptation to child disability in a Hispanic population. Family Relations, 39:179-185, 1990.
  17. Shapiro, J. Parallel process in the family medicine system: Issues and challenges for resident training. Family Medicine, 22:312-319, 1990.
  18. Shapiro, J. Patterns of psychosocial performance in the doctor/patient encounter: A study of Family Practice residents. Social Science & Medicine, 31:1035-1041, 1990.
  19. Shapiro, J., Talbot, Y. Applying the concept of the reflective practitioner to clinical family medicine. Family Medicine, 6:125-134, 1990.
  20. Shapiro, J. Goals and methods of research: The challenge for family medicine. Family Practice, 9:92-97, 1992.
  21. Shapiro, J., Talbot, Y. Is there a future for behavioral scientists in academic family medicine? Family Systems Medicine, 10:247-256, 1992.
  22. Shapiro, J. The use of narrative in the doctor-patient encounter. Family Systems Medicine, 11:47-53, 1993.
  23. Winkelman, M., Shapiro, J. Psychosocial adaptation of orthopedically handicapped Mexican children and their siblings. J. Mental & Physical Disabilities, 6:55-71, 1994.
  24. Shapiro, J., Miller, R. How medical students think about ethical issues. Academic Medicine, 69:591-593, 1994. (Reprinted in National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, 1995).
  25. Shapiro, J., Simonsen, D. Educational/support group for Latino families of children with Down Syndrome. Mental Retardation, 32:403-415, 1994.
  26. Shapiro, J., Talbot, Y. Six behavioral scientists in search of a doctor: Family medicine as tragicomedy. Family Systems Medicine, 12:427-435, 1994.
  27. Shapiro, J., Lenahan, P. Family medicine in a culturally diverse world: a situation-oriented approach to common cross-cultural problems in medical encounters. Family Medicine, 28: 249-55, 1996.
  28. Shapiro, J. Donkeys, doctors, and managed care: a family medicine parable for the nineties. Families, Systems, & Health, 14: 133-35, 1996.
  29. Blacher J., Shapiro J., Lopez, S., Diaz, L. Fusco, J. Depression in Latina mothers of children with mental retardation: a neglected concern. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 101: 483-496, 1997.
  30. Shapiro, J., Perez, M., Warden, MJ. The importance of family functioning to caregiver adaptation in mothers of child cancer patients: Testing a social ecology model. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 15: 47-54, 1998.
  31. Shapiro, J., Radecki, S., Charchian, A., Josephson, V. Sexual behavior and AIDS-related knowledge amount community college students in Orange County, CA. Journal of Community Health, 24: 29-43, 1999.
  32. Shapiro, J., Douglas, K., Radecki, S., Dinh, T, de la Rocha, O. Acculturation and intergenerational conflict as predictors of psychological adjustment in three generations of Vietnamese immigrants. Accepted, Journal of Community Health, ; 24: 95-113, 1999.
  33. Shapiro, J. One patient's short short story: Is there time to craft a happy ending?Accepted, Families, Systems, and Health, 17:373-377, 1999.
  34. Shapiro, J., Vives, G. Psychological and cultural correlates of high risk sexual behaviors among Asian men who have sex with other men. Aids Patient Care and STDs, 11:667-675, 1999.
  35. Radecki, S., Shapiro, J., Thrupp, L., Gandhi SM, Somandeep SS, Miller, RB, Cecilio, M. Attitudes toward HIV and willingness to treat HIV positive patients at different stages of medical education and experience. Aids Patient Care and STDs;13: 403-414, 1999.
  36. Shapiro J. The patient examines the doctor. Family Medicine, 32;157-8, 2000.
  37. Shapiro J, Lie D. Using literature to help physician-learners understand and manage "difficult" patients. Academic Medicine, 75:765-768, 2000.
  38. Shapiro J, Lie D. Doc in a box. Academic Medicine, 75:724-725, 2000.
  39. Shapiro J, Prislin M, Shapiro D, Lie D. Literary narratives examining control, loss of control, and illness: perspectives of patient, family, and physician. Families, Systems, & Health, 18: 441-453, 2000.
  40. Shapiro J, Yu R, White M. Conflicting doctor and patient agendas: a case illustration. Accepted, Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management, 7: 41-45, 2000.
  41. Shapiro J. Eyes wide shut: teaching about persons with disabilities to medical students. Kaleidoscope, 42: 36-45, Jan 2000.
  42. Shapiro J. Using triangulation concepts to understand the doctor-patient-family relationship. Families, Systems, & Health, 19: 203-210, 2001
  43. Shapiro J, Prislin M, Hanks C, Lenahan P. Predictors of psychosocial teaching styles in a family practice residency program. Family Medicine, 33: 607-613, 2001.
  44. Shapiro J, Freedman B. Choosing our paradigms. Families, Systems, & Health, 19: 369-374, 2001.
  45. Shapiro J, Ross, V. Applications of narrative theory and therapy to the practice of family medicine. Family Medicine, 34: 96-100, 2002.
  46. Shapiro J. Self and Other through the prism of AIDS: a literary examination of relationships with patients. Accepted, Microbes and Infection, 2001.

Professional Societies:

Societies of Teachers of Family Medicine; American Psychological Association; Diplomate, American Academy of Behavioral Medicine; Association of Medical School Professors of Psychology.

Additional Activities:

Likes working with students on qualitative research projects.

 



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