2022
José Manuel Rodríguez Delgado, Walter Freeman, and Psychosurgery: A Study in Contrasts
Fins J, Vernaglia J. José Manuel Rodríguez Delgado, Walter Freeman, and Psychosurgery: A Study in Contrasts. The Neuroscientist 2022, 29: 518-531. PMID: 35414307, DOI: 10.1177/10738584221086603.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObject of critiquePhilosophical commitmentsEthical analysisPersonal libertyAntipsychiatry movementArchival sourcesHistorical antecedentsConflationDelgadoLegacyEthicsLibertyCritiqueProponentsHistorical recordsAntipsychiatryPredicatesNeuropsychiatric researchSomatic therapiesCommitmentMisrepresentationMidcenturyPsychosurgeryNotorietyAntecedents
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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsCOVID-19EthicistsEthics, MedicalHistory, 20th CenturyHumansMedical FutilityNew YorkPaternalismPatient RightsResuscitation OrdersConceptsDo-not-resuscitatePatients' rightsProportion of resuscitationsMedical ethicsClinical ethicistsPhysician paternalismPublic health crisisMedical internsNew York CityCOVID-19Clinical discretionHealth crisisPersonal narrativesYork CityRightsPaternityEthicistsEthicsResuscitationStress testClinical medicineRiskAuthorsNarrativesQuestions
2019
Disorders of Consciousness, Past, Present, and Future
Fins J. Disorders of Consciousness, Past, Present, and Future. Cambridge Quarterly Of Healthcare Ethics 2019, 28: 603-615. PMID: 31405394, DOI: 10.1017/s0963180119000719.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisorders of consciousnessLegal obligationsPersistent vegetative stateConsciousness literatureNational Institute on DisabilityCognitive motor dissociationMinimally conscious stateCounter-narrativesAmerican Academy of NeurologyVegetative stateMotor dissociationCovert consciousnessObligationsConscious stateDisordersIndependent livingStateOnce and Future Clinical Neuroethics: A History of What Was and What Might Be.
Fins J. Once and Future Clinical Neuroethics: A History of What Was and What Might Be. The Journal Of Clinical Ethics 2019, 30: 27-34. PMID: 30896441, DOI: 10.1086/jce2019301027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBioethicsConsciousnessHistory, 20th CenturyHumansNeurosciencesPersistent Vegetative State
2018
Constructive Disappointment and Disbelief: Building a Career in Neuroethics
Fins J. Constructive Disappointment and Disbelief: Building a Career in Neuroethics. Cambridge Quarterly Of Healthcare Ethics 2018, 27: 544-553. PMID: 30198463, DOI: 10.1017/s0963180118000063.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Penfield's ceiling
Adams Z, Fins J. Penfield's ceiling. Neurology 2017, 89: 854-858. PMID: 28827458, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000004267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsArchitectureBrain InjuriesGreeceHistory, 19th CenturyHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, AncientHumansNeurologyPrognosisQuebecMy Time in Medicine
Fins J. My Time in Medicine. Perspectives In Biology And Medicine 2017, 60: 19-32. PMID: 28890446, DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2017.0016.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
The historical origins of the vegetative state: Received wisdom and the utility of the text
Adams Z, Fins J. The historical origins of the vegetative state: Received wisdom and the utility of the text. Journal Of The History Of The Neurosciences 2016, 26: 140-153. PMID: 27295518, DOI: 10.1080/0964704x.2016.1184074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPersistent vegetative stateHistorical originsEarly-twentieth centuriesClassical scholarshipOriginal GreekAristotle’s treatisesAristotle’s definitionXavier BichatVegetative stateTheory of MindReception studiesMedical nosologyAristotleReceived wisdomPhrasesBichatAntiquityNineteenthGreekTreatisesCenturyEtymologyClassicsOriginScholarship
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
2014
In Memoriam: Dr. Edmund Pellegrino's Legacy: Secure in the Annals of Medicine
Fins J. In Memoriam: Dr. Edmund Pellegrino's Legacy: Secure in the Annals of Medicine. Kennedy Institute Of Ethics Journal 2014, 24: 97-104. PMID: 25109089, DOI: 10.1353/ken.2014.0014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWalsh McDermott and Changing Conceptions of Tuberculosis Antibiotic Therapy
Pohl B, Fins J. Walsh McDermott and Changing Conceptions of Tuberculosis Antibiotic Therapy. Academic Medicine 2014, 89: 555-559. PMID: 24556761, PMCID: PMC4016765, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000000196.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnti-Bacterial AgentsHealth Care ReformHistory, 20th CenturyHumansTuberculosisUnited StatesConceptsDiscovery of streptomycinBiology of TBHost immune systemStreptomycin-resistant strainsCombination chemotherapyMultidrug chemotherapyAntibiotic therapyDrug-resistant microbesEvolution of tuberculosisImmune systemStreptomycin effectBiological knowledgeSuppress infectionChemotherapyTuberculosisHistorical examplesTubercle bacilliStreptomycin
2013
On the lingua franca of clinical ethics.
Fins J. On the lingua franca of clinical ethics. The Journal Of Clinical Ethics 2013, 24: 323-31. PMID: 24597419, DOI: 10.1086/jce201324402.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDecision MakingEthical TheoryEthics, ClinicalHistory, 19th CenturyHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansInterdisciplinary CommunicationMedical FutilityPalliative CarePeriodicals as TopicPersonal AutonomyPractice Patterns, Physicians'Resuscitation OrdersTerminal CareTerminology as TopicWithholding TreatmentConceptsClinical ethicsJournal of Clinical EthicsLanguage of bioethicsLingua francaClinical ethicistsEthical analysisEthical reasonsEthicsLinguistic amalgamationCritical methodBioethicsAuthor commentsPalliative medicineWeak compositionEthicistsLanguageArgumentsPragmaticsAuthorsFoundingAnniversaryScienceDiscourseDecision makingInterdisciplinarity
2009
Being Conscious of Their Burden
Fins J. Being Conscious of Their Burden. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences 2009, 1157: 131-147. PMID: 19351362, DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04473.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
A Leg to Stand On: Sir William Osler and Wilder Penfield's “Neuroethics”
Fins J. A Leg to Stand On: Sir William Osler and Wilder Penfield's “Neuroethics”. The American Journal Of Bioethics 2008, 8: 37-46. PMID: 18236336, DOI: 10.1080/15265160701841975.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
1996
Clinical pragmatism: John Dewey and clinical ethics.
Miller F, Fins J, Bacchetta M. Clinical pragmatism: John Dewey and clinical ethics. Journal Of Contemporary Health Law And Policy 1996, 13: 27-51. PMID: 9068236.Peer-Reviewed Original Research