2022
Dignity of Risk, Reemergent Agency, and the Central Thalamic Stimulation Trial for Moderate to Severe Brain Injury.
Fins J, Wright M. Dignity of Risk, Reemergent Agency, and the Central Thalamic Stimulation Trial for Moderate to Severe Brain Injury. Perspectives In Biology And Medicine 2022, 65: 307-315. PMID: 35938438, DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2022.0026.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Resuscitating Patient Rights during the Pandemic: COVID-19 and the Risk of Resurgent Paternalism
Fins J. Resuscitating Patient Rights during the Pandemic: COVID-19 and the Risk of Resurgent Paternalism. Cambridge Quarterly Of Healthcare Ethics 2020, 30: 215-221. PMID: 32576307, PMCID: PMC7438624, DOI: 10.1017/s0963180120000535.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDo-not-resuscitatePatients' rightsProportion of resuscitationsMedical ethicsClinical ethicistsPhysician paternalismPublic health crisisMedical internsNew York CityCOVID-19Clinical discretionHealth crisisPersonal narrativesYork CityRightsPaternityEthicistsEthicsResuscitationStress testClinical medicineRiskAuthorsNarrativesQuestions
2004
Screening and Cognitive Impairment: Ethics of Forgoing Mammography in Older Women
Raik B, Miller F, Fins J. Screening and Cognitive Impairment: Ethics of Forgoing Mammography in Older Women. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2004, 52: 440-444. PMID: 14962162, DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52119.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitively impaired womenCognitive impairmentQuality of lifeDecision-making capacityScreening interventionsMammographic screeningEarly cognitive impairmentLonger life expectancyPatient's capacityVulnerable populationsImpaired womenLife expectancyRisk of undertreatmentMammographyBreast cancerWomenEthical questionsDecision-making processPotential benefitsRiskScreeningRisk/benefit analysisImpairmentOlderDementia