2019
North of Home: Obligations to Families of Undocumented Patients
Fins J, Real de Asúa D. North of Home: Obligations to Families of Undocumented Patients. The Hastings Center Report 2019, 49: 12-14. PMID: 30790302, DOI: 10.1002/hast.972.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLife-sustaining therapyWithdrawal of life-sustaining therapyIncapacitated patientsEthical concernsSocial workersDoctors' desireFurther careFamily inputState lawsUndocumented patientsIntensive care unitDoctorsCare unitMultisystem organ failureObligationsDecision-United StatesOrgan failureDesireFamily
2018
Mediative Fluency and Futility Disputes
Knowlton S, Fins J. Mediative Fluency and Futility Disputes. Perspectives In Biology And Medicine 2018, 60: 373-382. PMID: 29375067, DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2018.0011.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: Ethical Issues for the Surgeon
Shuman A, Shaha A, Tuttle R, Fins J, Morris L. Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: Ethical Issues for the Surgeon. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2012, 19: 2102-2107. PMID: 22322952, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2235-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic testingEvidence-based guidelinesPerceived stigmaEthical issuesProphylactic surgeryGenetic inheritance patternFamily membersFamilial medullary thyroid carcinomaManagement of affected patientsMedullary thyroid cancerMedullary thyroid carcinomaThyroid carcinomaThyroid cancerInheritance patternIndividual autonomyChildrenInterventionPatientsSurgeonsGuidelinesTestConfidentialityFamilyPotential conflictsCancer