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 distributionProfessionalsContracts, covenants and advance care planning: an empirical study of the moral obligations of patient and proxy
Fins J, Maltby B, Friedmann E, Greene M, Norris K, Adelman R, Byock I. Contracts, covenants and advance care planning: an empirical study of the moral obligations of patient and proxy. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2005, 29: 55-68. PMID: 15652439, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2004.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient self-determinationMoral obligationSelf-determinationAdvance care planningExercise of autonomyPatient-proxy relationshipLife-sustaining therapyObligations of patientsMoral judgmentCare planningNarrow notionsDisease trajectoryPatient instructionsLegal normsPatient-proxy pairsJudgmentPrincipal autonomyAggressive careAutonomyModified Likert scaleQuality of informationPatient educationCovenantersNegative instructionsCovenants