ISRAEL DORON,  Ph.D.

Faculty of Social welfare and Health Sciences
Department of Gerontology,
School of Social Work
University of Haifa, Mt. Carmel, 31905, Israel

Phone Number: 972-4-8249954.
Eshkol Building, 6th Floor, Room 608.
email: idoron@univ.haifa.ac.il

RESEARCH AREAS

Law and Ageing
Elder Law
Social policy and ageing
ethics and ageing
 

EDUCATION

Years	Institution	Faculty	Degree
1998-2000	York University, Toronto, Canada	Osgoode Hall Law School	Ph.D.
1993/4	American University, Washington, D.C., USA	Law	LL.M
1989-1991	Hebrew University Jerusalem	Law	LL.M., Honors.
1986-1989	Hebrew University Jerusalem	Law	LL.B.

 

 

 

 

 

ACADEMIC POSITION, UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA

 

Dates	Name of Institution and Department	Ranking
2001 -	Haifa University: School of Social Work; Department of Gerontology	Lecturer
2000 - 2001	Haifa University: School of Social Work; Department of Gerontology.	Lecturer (proposed rank)
1998/9	Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, Toronto, ON, Canada	Research Assistant
1996/7	Haifa University, School of Social Work	Instructor
1995/6	Haifa University, Faculty of Law	Instructor
1989-1990	Hebrew University Jerusalem, Faculty of Law	Teacher’s Assistant

 

POSITIONS OUTSIDE UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA

 

2006-	Fellowships: Distinguished Fellow - Canadian Centre for Elder Law Studies
2004-	Editorial Board Member: Medicine and Law (since 2006) Gerontology – Journal of Aging Studies [in Hebrew]
2004 -	Guest Editor: International Journal of Ageing, Law and Policy (2006) – Special issue on Elder Law Around the World. Gerontology (2006)– Special issue on Ageing & Economics [Hebrew] Haifa Forum of Social Work (2004) – Special issue on Law and Social Work [in Hebrew]
2004-	Advisory Editorial Board Member: The International Journal of Ageing, Law and Policy
2002 -	Board member/Research member in Professional Organizations: The Israeli Association of Gerontology Taub Center for Social Policy in Israel (since 2006)
2001-	Referee/Reviewer for academic journals: The British Journal of Social Work (2005); Journal of Community Practice (2006); Social Security; Society & Welfare; The Law; Gerontology;[in Hebrew]
2001-	Referee/Reviewer of Research Proposals: Israel Science Foundation (2004);
2002 -	Academic Conference Organizer: The 3rd Annual Conference on Social Policy in Israel – Haifa 2006. The 1st Conference on Law and Ageing in Israel – Haifa, 2002.
2005-	Academic Conference Organization Committee: Bi-Annual Conference of the Israeli Gerontological Association 2005
2004-5	Advisor to the Maritime Data Centre for Aging Research & Policy Analysis, at the Mount St. Vincent University, N.S. Canada, on Israel's elder care-giving policies. See: http://www.msvu.ca/mdcaging/policyprofiles.asp
2001-2	Member in the Special Commission on Elder Abuse in Israel, ESHEL – The Association for Development of Services for the Elderly in Israel
2005 -	Chair – "Merhavim", Association for the Aged in the Regional Municipality of Misgav.
1999-00	Board Member - ACE, Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, Toronto.
1999-2000	Editorial Board Member, "JustUs" - Graduate Law Students E-Journal, Osgoode Hall Law School, York U., Toronto, ON. Canada.
1994/5	Legal advisor the Public Committee for the Examination of Medical Negligence Claims in Israel,  Hon. G. Kling, Chair

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

BOOKS

AUTHORED BOOKS
ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION
* Doron, I. (in press). Ageing and Justice. Jerusalem: Eshel. [160 pp. in Hebrew].

EDITED BOOKS
PUBLISHED
* Doron, I. (ed.), (2006). The Right to Die at Home. Jerusalem: Eshel [300 pp. in Hebrew].

ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION
* Doron, I. and Mewhenney, K. (in press). The Rights of Older Persons: A Collection of International Documents. Montreal: IFA - International Federation on Ageing [180 pp.].

ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS
PUBLISHED
1. *Doron, I. (2006). Elder Law: Current Issues and Future Frontiers. European Journal on Ageing, 3(1), 60-66.

2. * Doron, I. (2006). Bringing Law to the Gerontological Stage. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 62(3), 237-254.

3. *Doron, I. and Davidi, A. (2006). Homes for the Aged and Residential Zoning: Can legislation make a difference? Journal of Housing and Ageing, 20(1/2), 97-115.

4. * Doron, I. & Totry-Gubran, M. (2005). Too Little, Too Late? An American Amici in an Israeli Court. Temple International and Comparative Law Journal, 19(1), 105-131.

5. *Doron, I., Alon, S. and Nissim, O. (2005). Time for Policy: Legislative response to elder abuse and neglect in Israel. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 16(4), 63-82.

6. * Doron, I. (2005). From Negative to Positive Right to Die at Home. Care Management Journal, 22-28.

7. * Doron, I. and Hoffman, A. (2005). Time for Law: Legal literacy and gerontological education. Journal of Gerontological Education, 31(8), 627-642.

8. * Koren, H. & Doron, I. (2005). The Role of Social Work in Homes for the Aged: Reality, Ideality, and the Gap Between. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 44(3/4), 95-114.

9. * Doron, I. (2005). From National to International Elder Law. International Journal on Ageing, Law and Policy, 1, 45-72.

10.* Doron, I. (2004). Ageing in the Shadow of Law: Elder Guardianship in Israel. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 16(4), 59-77.

11.* Doron, I. (2004). Courts, Ombudsman and Health-Care Policy: An Exploratory Study of Israel's National Health Care Insurance Act. European Journal of Health Law, 11, 391-406.

12. * Doron, I. & Koren, H. (2004). Social Workers' Role in Homes for the Aged: A Twenty Year Perspective. Journal of Social Work in Long Term Care, 3(2), 47-70.

13. *Doron, I. & Linchitz, G. (2004). The Work Versus ElderCare Dilemma and the Law: An Israeli Example. Ethics, Law and Aging Review, 10, 109-124.

14. * Doron, I. (2003). Mental Incapacity, Guardianship, and the Elderly: An Exploratory Study of Ontario’s Consent and Capacity Board. Canadian Journal of Law and Society, 18(1), 131-148.

15. * Doron, I. & Lightman, E. (2003). Market Control or Government Regulation? Assisted Living in Israel. Ageing & Society 25(6), 779-795.

16. * Doron, I. (2003). Law and Geriatrics: An Israeli Perspective on Future Challenges. Medicine & Law, 22(2), 285-300.

17. * Doron, I. (2003). A Multi-Dimensional Model of Elder Law: An Israeli Example. Ageing International, 28(3), 242-259.

18. * Doron, I. & Gal, I. (2003). The Patients' Rights Act of 1996 and the Elderly in Israel. Gerontology, 30(3), 9-21. [in Hebrew].

19. * Doron, I. (2003). Physician Assisted Suicide: The Oregon Case. Medicine and Law 28, 57-65. [in Hebrew].
20. * Doron, I. (2002). Elder Guardianship Kaleidoscope: A Comparative Legal Perspective. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 16(3), 368-398.

21. * Doron, I. (2002). From Elder Guardianship to Long-Term Legal Care. Ethics, Law and Aging Review, 8, 117-137.

22. * Doron, I. (2002). A Perspective on Ontario’s Adult Guardianship Law: The Role of Law in Adjudicating Disputes Caused by Old Men Marrying Young Women. The Elder Law Review, 1, 43-54.

23. * Doron, I. (2002). The New Supervisory Regulations on Nursing Homes in Israel: A Lost opportunity. Social Security, 62, 65-89 [in Hebrew].

24. Doron, I. (1998). From Lunacy to Incapacity and Beyond. Health Law Journal in Canada, 19(4), 97-114.

25. Doron, I. (1997). Governing Law for Nursing Homes and Old Age Homes in Israel: A Look Toward the Year 2000. Surveys and Research in Gerontology, 104, 22-26 [in Hebrew].

ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION

26. * Doron, I & Gal, I. (2006) The Emergence of Preventive Elder Law: An Israeli Example. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 1-16.

27. *Doron, I. and Golan, T. (2006). Residence, law and old age. The Elder Law Journal, 1-40.

28. *Gal, I. and Doron, I. (2006). Patients' complaints patterns in Israel's health care system. Harefua.[in Hebrew].

 

 

 

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Last Updated 9/5/2007