2017
The Therapeutic “Mis”conception: An Examination of its Normative Assumptions and a Call for its Revision
Mathews D, Fins J, Racine E. The Therapeutic “Mis”conception: An Examination of its Normative Assumptions and a Call for its Revision. Cambridge Quarterly Of Healthcare Ethics 2017, 27: 154-162. PMID: 29214968, DOI: 10.1017/s0963180117000482.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBioethical IssuesBioethicsBiomedical ResearchHumansMoral ObligationsMoralsTherapeutic MisconceptionGuardianship and Clinical Research Participation: The Case of Wards with Disorders of Consciousness
Wright M, Ulrich M, Fins J. Guardianship and Clinical Research Participation: The Case of Wards with Disorders of Consciousness. Kennedy Institute Of Ethics Journal 2017, 27: 43-70. PMID: 28366903, DOI: 10.1353/ken.2017.0003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiomedical ResearchConsciousness DisordersHumansLegal GuardiansTherapeutic Human ExperimentationUnited StatesConceptsState guardianship lawsGuardianship lawsAppointment of guardiansDecision-making authorityFederal lawGuardian's authorityState lawsClinical research participationDecisional capacityLawPotential medical interventionsDisorders of consciousnessGuardiansResearch participantsBehalfPatient accessAuthorsMedical interventionsGuardianshipStateAppointmentPersonsResearchIssuesParticipants
2015
Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD 1920-2013.
Fins J. Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD 1920-2013. Transactions Of The American Clinical And Climatological Association 2015, 126: cii-cix. PMID: 26567400, PMCID: PMC4530700.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Challenges to deep brain stimulation: a pragmatic response to ethical, fiscal, and regulatory concerns
Fins J, Dorfman G, Pancrazio J. Challenges to deep brain stimulation: a pragmatic response to ethical, fiscal, and regulatory concerns. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences 2012, 1265: 80-90. PMID: 22823486, PMCID: PMC4030320, DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06598.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntellectual property exchangePre-market approval processBayh-Dole ActIntellectual property interestsCommon-sense strategiesProperty interestsBayh-DoleRegulatory sphereProperty exchangeManagement of conflictCollege recommendationsApproval processRegulatory concernsPragmatic responseFunded researchPublic-private partnershipInformal mannerExemptionActReformRevisionConflictGovernmentInterest
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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiomedical EngineeringBiomedical ResearchConflict of InterestDeep Brain StimulationHumansInternationalityMedical Staff
2010
Conflicts of interest in deep brain stimulation research and the ethics of transparency.
Fins J, Schiff N. Conflicts of interest in deep brain stimulation research and the ethics of transparency. The Journal Of Clinical Ethics 2010, 21: 125-32. PMID: 20866018, DOI: 10.1086/jce201021205.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
Strangers No More: Genuine Interdisciplinarity
de Melo-Martin I, Fins J. Strangers No More: Genuine Interdisciplinarity. The American Journal Of Bioethics 2008, 8: 16-17. PMID: 18570089, DOI: 10.1080/15265160802109496.Peer-Reviewed Original Research“Humanities are the Hormones:” Osler, Penfield and “Neuroethics” Revisited
Fins J. “Humanities are the Hormones:” Osler, Penfield and “Neuroethics” Revisited. The American Journal Of Bioethics 2008, 8: w5-w8. PMID: 18236326, DOI: 10.1080/15265160801891227.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
Viewpoint: Developing a Research Ethics Consultation Service to Foster Responsive and Responsible Clinical Research
de Melo-Martín I, Palmer L, Fins J. Viewpoint: Developing a Research Ethics Consultation Service to Foster Responsive and Responsible Clinical Research. Academic Medicine 2007, 82: 900-904. PMID: 17726404, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0b013e318132f0ee.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiomedical ResearchCooperative BehaviorCurriculumEthics Committees, ResearchEthics ConsultationEthics, ClinicalEthics, ResearchGovernment RegulationHuman ExperimentationHumansNew YorkOrganizational Case StudiesOrganizational CultureProgram DevelopmentResearch PersonnelSchools, MedicalUnited StatesConceptsEthics consultation servicesResearch ethics consultation serviceResolution of ethical conflictsWeill Medical College of Cornell UniversityClinical ethicsClinical ethicistsInstitutional research policiesEthical conflictsEthical problemsResearch ethicistsEthical implicationsEthical concernsConsultation serviceContext of researchEthicistsOrganizational cultureFostering responsibilityProcess of developmentHealth care landscapeResearch subjectsCornell UniversityEthicsBioethicistsResearch policyCare landscape
2003
From psychosurgery to neuromodulation and palliation: history's lessons for the ethical conduct and regulation of neuropsychiatric research
Fins J. From psychosurgery to neuromodulation and palliation: history's lessons for the ethical conduct and regulation of neuropsychiatric research. Neurosurgery Clinics Of North America 2003, 14: 303-319. PMID: 12856496, DOI: 10.1016/s1042-3680(02)00118-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiomedical ResearchBrainHistory, 20th CenturyHumansMental DisordersPalliative CarePsychosurgeryUnited StatesConceptsPsychiatric illnessDeep brain stimulationObsessive-compulsive disorderEra of psychosurgerySevere psychiatric illnessTreat psychiatric illnessBrain stimulationTreatment of Parkinson's diseaseModulation of consciousnessTraumatic brain injurySomatic therapiesNeuropsychiatric researchPrefrontal lobotomyBrain injuryCongressional callsPsychosurgeryParkinson's diseaseImplanted deep brain stimulationNeuromodulationIllnessHistory lessonsPsychiatristsPsychiatryLobotomyWidespread condemnation
2002
Patently Controversial: Markets, Morals, and the President's Proposal for Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Fins J, Schachter M. Patently Controversial: Markets, Morals, and the President's Proposal for Embryonic Stem Cell Research. Kennedy Institute Of Ethics Journal 2002, 12: 265-278. PMID: 12472079, DOI: 10.1353/ken.2002.0016.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2001
Investigators, industry, and the heuristic device: Ethics, patent law, and clinical innovation
Fins J, Schachter M. Investigators, industry, and the heuristic device: Ethics, patent law, and clinical innovation. Accountability In Research 2001, 8: 219-233. PMID: 12481768, DOI: 10.1080/08989620108573975.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBiomedical ResearchBrainClinical Trials as TopicConflict of InterestDisclosureElectric Stimulation TherapyElectrodes, ImplantedEntrepreneurshipEthical ReviewEthics, MedicalHumansIndustryInformed ConsentInterprofessional RelationsPatents as TopicPhysiciansResearch PersonnelResearch Support as TopicSurgical EquipmentSurgical Procedures, OperativeUnited States