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
2016
Brain death and disorders of consciousness
Schiff N, Fins J. Brain death and disorders of consciousness. Current Biology 2016, 26: r572-r576. PMID: 27404252, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.02.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisorders of consciousnessBrain-dead patientsBrain deathVegetative stateCognitive motor dissociationScientific knowledgeCognitive functionMinimally conscious stateNon-medical specialistsSocietal contextBrain statesConsciousnessConscious stateMotor dissociationBrainDisordersDead patientsConceptual frameworkLack of sustainabilityHigher levelsFutilityParadoxDistinction
2006
The Patient's Work
GROOPMAN L, MILLER F, FINS J. The Patient's Work. Cambridge Quarterly Of Healthcare Ethics 2006, 16: 44-52. PMID: 17345966, DOI: 10.1017/s0963180107070053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral ethical problemEthical problemsConcept of powerPhysician virtuesHoward BrodyEthical significanceMedical ethicsMoral discourseBioethics literatureMedical ethicistsTruth-tellingOld problemsEthicistsBioethicsEthicsVirtuesHealersFutilityWritingDiscourseHowardFantasyConsentConceptVocabularyAffirming the right to care, preserving the right to die: Disorders of consciousness and neuroethics after Schiavo
Fins J. Affirming the right to care, preserving the right to die: Disorders of consciousness and neuroethics after Schiavo. Palliative & Supportive Care 2006, 4: 169-178. PMID: 16903588, DOI: 10.1017/s1478951506060238.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchiavo caseRight to lifePermanent vegetative stateEnd-of-life careVegetative stateEthical CurrentsEnd-of-lifeDisorders of consciousnessEthical implicationsSchiavoRhetorical statementsConsciousnessConscious stateIdeological positionsMinimally conscious stateNational discourseRightsDiscourseBrain injuryNeuroscienceProviding careNeuroethicsCareFutilityLife