2022
José Manuel Rodríguez Delgado, Walter Freeman, and Psychosurgery: A Study in Contrasts
Fins J, Vernaglia J. José Manuel Rodríguez Delgado, Walter Freeman, and Psychosurgery: A Study in Contrasts. The Neuroscientist 2022, 29: 518-531. PMID: 35414307, DOI: 10.1177/10738584221086603.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObject of critiquePhilosophical commitmentsEthical analysisPersonal libertyAntipsychiatry movementArchival sourcesHistorical antecedentsConflationDelgadoLegacyEthicsLibertyCritiqueProponentsHistorical recordsAntipsychiatryPredicatesNeuropsychiatric researchSomatic therapiesCommitmentMisrepresentationMidcenturyPsychosurgeryNotorietyAntecedents
2019
Ethical Challenges of Risk, Informed Consent, and Posttrial Responsibilities in Human Research With Neural Devices
Hendriks S, Grady C, Ramos K, Chiong W, Fins J, Ford P, Goering S, Greely H, Hutchison K, Kelly M, Kim S, Klein E, Lisanby S, Mayberg H, Maslen H, Miller F, Rommelfanger K, Sheth S, Wexler A. Ethical Challenges of Risk, Informed Consent, and Posttrial Responsibilities in Human Research With Neural Devices. JAMA Neurology 2019, 76: 1506-1514. PMID: 31621797, PMCID: PMC9395156, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2019.3523.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEthical challengesEvaluation of capacityInformed consentDisclosure of informationConsent disclosureHuman researchEthical analysisEthical researchEthical frameworkResearch participantsConsentAnalysis of riskInnovative NeurotechnologiesInstitutional review boardReview boardSubject matter expertiseBenefit participantsStandard pillarsFundersFinancial burdenDisclosure
2013
On the lingua franca of clinical ethics.
Fins J. On the lingua franca of clinical ethics. The Journal Of Clinical Ethics 2013, 24: 323-31. PMID: 24597419, DOI: 10.1086/jce201324402.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDecision MakingEthical TheoryEthics, ClinicalHistory, 19th CenturyHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansInterdisciplinary CommunicationMedical FutilityPalliative CarePeriodicals as TopicPersonal AutonomyPractice Patterns, Physicians'Resuscitation OrdersTerminal CareTerminology as TopicWithholding TreatmentConceptsClinical ethicsJournal of Clinical EthicsLanguage of bioethicsLingua francaClinical ethicistsEthical analysisEthical reasonsEthicsLinguistic amalgamationCritical methodBioethicsAuthor commentsPalliative medicineWeak compositionEthicistsLanguageArgumentsPragmaticsAuthorsFoundingAnniversaryScienceDiscourseDecision makingInterdisciplinarity
2012
How Happy Is Too Happy? Euphoria, Neuroethics, and Deep Brain Stimulation of the Nucleus Accumbens
Synofzik M, Schlaepfer T, Fins J. How Happy Is Too Happy? Euphoria, Neuroethics, and Deep Brain Stimulation of the Nucleus Accumbens. AJOB Neuroscience 2012, 3: 30-36. DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2011.635633.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNA DBSDeep brain stimulationBrain stimulationIntrinsic objectionsNeuropsychiatric interventionsMaladaptive onesManic stateMotivational stateButton pressMood statesEnhancing affective statesInduce euphoriaAffective statesPsychiatric diseasesSystematic ethical analysisCase vignettesRisk of severe harmExtrinsic argumentsEthical analysisEthical questionsHappinessPersonsEuphoriaIntervention costsContext-dependent
2011
Ethical guidance for the management of conflicts of interest for researchers, engineers and clinicians engaged in the development of therapeutic deep brain stimulation
Fins J, Schlaepfer T, Nuttin B, Kubu C, Galert T, Sturm V, Merkel R, Mayberg H. Ethical guidance for the management of conflicts of interest for researchers, engineers and clinicians engaged in the development of therapeutic deep brain stimulation. Journal Of Neural Engineering 2011, 8: 033001. PMID: 21555849, DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/8/3/033001.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1997
Clinical pragmatism: a method of moral problem solving.
Fins J, Bacchetta M, Miller F. Clinical pragmatism: a method of moral problem solving. Kennedy Institute Of Ethics Journal 1997, 7: 129-45. PMID: 11654986, DOI: 10.1353/ken.1997.0013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCatholicismChronic DiseaseClergyCommunicationConsensusDecision MakingDementiaDiagnosisEmotionsEthical AnalysisEthical TheoryEthicsEthics, ClinicalEthics, MedicalEuthanasia, PassiveFamilyHumansLife Support CareMarriageMental CompetencyMethodsPatient CarePatient Care PlanningPhilosophyPhysiciansPrinciple-Based EthicsProfessional-Family RelationsResuscitation OrdersSocial ValuesSpouses