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 medicineRiskAuthorsNarrativesQuestionsDisorders of Consciousness and Disability Law
Fins J, Wright M, Bagenstos S. Disorders of Consciousness and Disability Law. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2020, 95: 1732-1739. PMID: 32753147, DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.02.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmerican Congress of Rehabilitation MedicineNational Institute on DisabilityMulti-Society Task Force ReportMinimally conscious stateUndertreatment of painDisorders of consciousnessRehabilitation of patientsSystematic evidence-based reviewDisability lawAmerican Academy of NeurologyChronic careEvidence-based reviewRehabilitation researchInadequate rehabilitationRehabilitation medicineMedical careNational guidelinesTask Force ReportAmerican CongressNew England JournalPractice guidelinesMedical mainstreamIndependent livingCareInternational disability law
2012
When negative rights become positive entitlements: complicity, conscience, and caregiving.
Shuman A, Khan A, Moyer J, Prince M, Fins J. When negative rights become positive entitlements: complicity, conscience, and caregiving. The Journal Of Clinical Ethics 2012, 23: 308-15. PMID: 23469691, DOI: 10.1086/jce201223403.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Neuroethics, neuroimaging, and disorders of consciousness: promise or peril?
Fins J. Neuroethics, neuroimaging, and disorders of consciousness: promise or peril? Transactions Of The American Clinical And Climatological Association 2011, 122: 336-46. PMID: 21686236, PMCID: PMC3116331.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingDisorders of consciousnessPositron emission tomographyBehavior-based assessmentsMinimally conscious stateNeuroimaging dataNeuroimaging toolsBrain statesBrain injuryMagnetic resonance imagingNeuroimagingEmission tomographyConscious stateDisordersBrainResonance imagingNeuroimaging applicationsConsciousnessDiagnostic dilemmaTherapeutic useCommunication vectorNeuroethics
2006
Affirming the right to care, preserving the right to die: Disorders of consciousness and neuroethics after Schiavo
Fins J. Affirming the right to care, preserving the right to die: Disorders of consciousness and neuroethics after Schiavo. Palliative & Supportive Care 2006, 4: 169-178. PMID: 16903588, DOI: 10.1017/s1478951506060238.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchiavo caseRight to lifePermanent vegetative stateEnd-of-life careVegetative stateEthical CurrentsEnd-of-lifeDisorders of consciousnessEthical implicationsSchiavoRhetorical statementsConsciousnessConscious stateIdeological positionsMinimally conscious stateNational discourseRightsDiscourseBrain injuryNeuroscienceProviding careNeuroethicsCareFutilityLife