2023
Health as a Human Right: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians.
DeCamp M, Snyder Sulmasy L, Opole I, Callister T, Bornstein S, Bruera E, Carney J, Collamer A, Esbensen K, Fins J, Fuson O, Holbrook A, Jung D, Mire R, Prager K, Wallace E. Health as a Human Right: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2023, 176: 1516-1519. PMID: 37903364, DOI: 10.7326/m23-1900.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmerican College of PhysiciansHuman rightsEthical obligationHealth careCollege of PhysiciansMatter of rightAmerican CollegeRelationship of healthNature of healthPatient-physician relationshipIntrinsic dignityPromote equitable accessHealth systemRightsIndividual physiciansObligationsCareEquitable accessHealthPhysiciansUnited StatesSocietyDignityAmericanPosition paper
2022
Ethical Considerations in Precision Medicine and Genetic Testing in Internal Medicine Practice: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians.
Lehmann L, Snyder Sulmasy L, Burke W, Opole I, Deep N, Abraham G, Burnett J, Callister T, Carney J, Cooney T, Esbensen K, Fins J, Harp T, Holbrook A, Huddle T, Levine M, Prager K. Ethical Considerations in Precision Medicine and Genetic Testing in Internal Medicine Practice: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2022, 175: 1322-1323. PMID: 35878403, DOI: 10.7326/m22-0743.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic testingAmerican College of Physicians position paperAmerican College of PhysiciansAmerican CollegeImprove health outcomesHealth care professionalsInternal medicine practiceHealth care systemCollege of PhysiciansCare professionalsHealth outcomesIntegration of precision medicineCare systemPrecision medicineClinical carePracticing physiciansMedicine practiceResidency programsPosition paperClinical settingPhysiciansHealthEthical decisionsProfessional schoolsEthical considerationsHealth Equity, History, and a New Presidential Bioethics Commission: Lessons from the “Lost” Reports
Kolbe L, Fins J. Health Equity, History, and a New Presidential Bioethics Commission: Lessons from the “Lost” Reports. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2022, 37: 3471-3474. PMID: 35882708, PMCID: PMC9321266, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07733-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthcare accessHealth equityAvailability of health servicesUniversal healthcare accessEthical implicationsUS presidential administrationQuestions of justiceAmerica's HealthHealth inequalitiesProblem of racismEquitable healthHealth servicesNational bioethics commissionsPresident's Commission reportPolitical conflictPresidential administrationsBiden administrationHealthcareHealthImplications of differencesCommission reportAmerican bioethicsBioethics commissionsLost” reportsLofty visionEthics and the 2018 Practice Guideline on Disorders of Consciousness
Peterson A, Young M, Fins J. Ethics and the 2018 Practice Guideline on Disorders of Consciousness. Neurology 2022, 98: 712-718. PMID: 35277446, PMCID: PMC9071367, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000200301.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
History and Bioethics
Fins J. History and Bioethics. The Hastings Center Report 2021, 51: 3-3. PMID: 33840108, DOI: 10.1002/hast.1238.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistorians of medicineStudy of historyHealth policyHistory of bioethicsCultural historiansInfluence health policyHistoriansHealth equityHealth inequalitiesBioethicsHistoryInstrumental necessitySocial justiceStructural racismDissenting argumentsHealthAnnus horribilisPhilosophersTheologiansHorribilisAnnusBioethicists
2018
Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records for Quality Assessment and Review of Clinical Ethics Consultation.
Sanelli-Russo S, Folkers K, Sakolsky W, Fins J, Dubler N. Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records for Quality Assessment and Review of Clinical Ethics Consultation. The Journal Of Clinical Ethics 2018, 29: 52-61. PMID: 29565797, DOI: 10.1086/jce2018291052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic health recordsHealth recordsMeaningful Use of Electronic Health RecordsChart notesEpic electronic health recordUse of electronic health recordsHealth information technologyClinical ethicsPeer reviewMeaningful UseHealth professionalsConsultation notesClinical ethics consultationInformation technologyQuality improvementGoal of standardizationEthics consultationConsultationHealthQuality assessmentPeerProfessionalsQualityNotesEvolving practiceDisorders of Consciousness, Agency, and Health Care Decision Making: Lessons From a Developmental Model
Wright M, Kraft C, Ulrich M, Fins J. Disorders of Consciousness, Agency, and Health Care Decision Making: Lessons From a Developmental Model. AJOB Neuroscience 2018, 9: 56-64. DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2018.1425755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisorders of consciousnessHealth care decision makingCare decision makingLegal systemPermanent incapacitySelf-determinationHealthDevelopmental modelDecision-making frameworkDecisionIncreasing roleDisordersPatientsPatient evolutionDecision makingRecovery processIncapacityPersonhoodPhysiciansAgenciesDisabilityMaximal extentParticipants
2015
Ethics of neuromodulation in psychiatry
Fins J, Pohl B. Ethics of neuromodulation in psychiatry. 2015, 15-26. DOI: 10.1002/9781118801086.ch2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSevere psychiatric illnessHealth care systemNeuropsychiatric conditionsPsychiatric illnessPervasive stigmaMental illnessCare systemDeep brain stimulationBrain stimulationClinical ethicsMoral dilemmasDerivative questionsIllnessEthicsDevice regulationNeuromodulationTranslational researchClinical needPsychiatryStigmaHealthBrainIntervention
2013
What's Not Being Shared in Shared Decision‐Making?
Stark M, Fins J. What's Not Being Shared in Shared Decision‐Making? The Hastings Center Report 2013, 43: 13-16. PMID: 23842917, DOI: 10.1002/hast.188.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGoals of patient carePatient preferencesHealth care deliveryCare deliveryHealth carePatient carePatient choiceDecision aidMedical decisionsCost containmentMedical interventionsCost curvesDecision-making programCareNot beingHealthTreatment optionsTreatment-specificProgramDecision-makingPatientsPhysiciansPreferencesInterventionDecision
2007
Commercialism in the Clinic: Finding Balance in Medical Professionalism
Fins J. Commercialism in the Clinic: Finding Balance in Medical Professionalism. Cambridge Quarterly Of Healthcare Ethics 2007, 16: 425-432. PMID: 18018923, DOI: 10.1017/s0963180107070533.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth economicsHealth policyMedical professionalsClinical practiceCenter programAmerican medicineClinton planClinton Administration's Health Security ActHealth Security ActHealthcareProfessionalsHealthSecurity ActClinicMedicineMoral obligationAdviceJonsenInvitationHuman valuesPracticeSpeech IFellowProgramPlanning
2005
Justice and Health Care in the Rheumatic Diseases
MacKenzie C, Miller F, Fins J. Justice and Health Care in the Rheumatic Diseases. HSS Journal ® 2005, 1: 58-63. PMID: 18751811, PMCID: PMC2504135, DOI: 10.1007/s11420-005-0108-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth careAllied health professionalsDisadvantaged socioeconomic circumstancesHealth-related needsHealth care systemPerspective of justiceHealth professionalsNatural lotteryRheumatic diseasesEthical perspectiveMoral obligationCare systemChronic rheumatic diseasesSocioeconomic circumstancesMedical careChronic diseasesDisabling consequencesPatients-thoseCareHighest prevalenceDisease communityJusticeHealthDemographic distributionProfessionals
1993
Praxis Makes Perfect?
Fins J. Praxis Makes Perfect? The Hastings Center Report 1993, 23: 16-19. PMID: 7710462, DOI: 10.2307/3562061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCost-Benefit AnalysisDrug CostsDrug UtilizationFormularies, Hospital as TopicHealth Care ReformHumansModels, OrganizationalOrganizational ObjectivesPeer Review, Health CarePharmacy and Therapeutics CommitteeQuality of Health CareResource AllocationRisk AssessmentSocial JusticeUnited States