2024
Brain injury, medical progress, and the disability paradox: Towards an Americans with Abilities Act
Fins J, Shulman K, Wright M, Shapiro Z. Brain injury, medical progress, and the disability paradox: Towards an Americans with Abilities Act. Neurorehabilitation 2024, 54: 141-147. PMID: 38217618, DOI: 10.3233/nre-230118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisability lawLegal protection of patientsInterface of medicineProtection of patientsAmerican jurisprudenceConstitutional protectionLegal protectionLawConstitutive elementsNewfound abilityMedical progressProtectionJurisprudenceLegislationBrain injuryAmericanModerate to severe brain injuryDisabilityParadoxBrain injury professionalsProfessionalsADASevere brain injuryBrain
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 practiceHealthcare Professional Narratives on Moral Distress: Disciplinary Perspectives
Davis A, Fowler M, Fantus S, Fins J, Joy M, Kruse K, Burgart A, Lindsey M, Mooney-Doyle K, Uritsky T, Grady C. Healthcare Professional Narratives on Moral Distress: Disciplinary Perspectives. 2018, 21-57. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-64626-8_3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Organ Transplantation for Individuals with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Overby K, Fins J. Organ Transplantation for Individuals with Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Cambridge Quarterly Of Healthcare Ethics 2016, 25: 272-281. PMID: 26957452, DOI: 10.1017/s0963180115000572.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysician referralRegional Transplant CenterHealthcare professionalsHealthcare systemHeart-lung transplantationNeurodevelopmental disordersFunctional impairmentWaiting listHealthcareProvision of accommodationMedical managementMedical needOrgan transplantationTransplant centersDown syndromeNational levelTransplantationOvert discriminationIndividualsAccess problemsReferralPhysiciansProfessionalsContemporary challengesDisorders
2015
Transforming Educational Accountability in Medical Ethics and Humanities Education Toward Professionalism
Doukas D, Kirch D, Brigham T, Barzansky B, Wear S, Carrese J, Fins J, Lederer S. Transforming Educational Accountability in Medical Ethics and Humanities Education Toward Professionalism. Academic Medicine 2015, 90: 738-743. PMID: 25539516, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000000616.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical educationCurrent health care deliveryHealth care deliveryMedical ethicsSchool administrative structureOutcomes-based assessmentEthicsSchool admissions processMedical school admissions processCare deliveryPromotion professionalsProgrammatic viewEducation continuumAdmission processExpert panelMedical schoolsProfessional attributesAccrediting organizationsProfessional physiciansEducationProfessionals
2014
The Ethical Imperative to Think about Thinking
Stark M, Fins J. The Ethical Imperative to Think about Thinking. Cambridge Quarterly Of Healthcare Ethics 2014, 23: 386-396. PMID: 25033249, DOI: 10.1017/s0963180114000061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedication errorsMedical ethics literaturePatient safetyEthics literatureEthical imperativesMedical educationBody of scholarshipPrevent errorsProfessional obligationsMedical judgmentInsufficient progressProfessional dutiesSelf-reflectionProfessionalsCognitive sourceThinkingThinking errorsCritical thinkingEthicsNonmaleficenceBeneficenceMounting concernJusticeObligationsImprove critical thinking skills
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