2011
A True Believer’s Flawed Analysis
Foley K, Fins J, Inturrisi C. A True Believer’s Flawed Analysis. JAMA Internal Medicine 2011, 171: 867-868. PMID: 21555672, DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.166.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2002
Residual cerebral activity and behavioural fragments can remain in the persistently vegetative brain
Schiff N, Ribary U, Moreno D, Beattie B, Kronberg E, Blasberg R, Giacino J, McCagg C, Fins J, Llinás R, Plum F. Residual cerebral activity and behavioural fragments can remain in the persistently vegetative brain. Brain 2002, 125: 1210-1234. PMID: 12023311, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awf131.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPersistent vegetative stateCortical metabolismCerebral metabolismUnique metabolic patternsPersistent vegetative state patientsCerebral regionsResponse to sensory stimulationConscious brain functionGamma-band activityParamedian thalamusPathology reportsFDG-PETAnoxic injuryGlobal metabolic rateCorticothalamic networksMultifocal brain injuriesMetabolic activityMetabolic ratePartial functional integrityPatientsNeuronal islandsEmission tomographyBrain metabolismIsolated brain regionsMetabolic patternsVowing to Care
Fins J. Vowing to Care. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2002, 23: 54-57. PMID: 11779669, DOI: 10.1016/s0885-3924(01)00387-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1997
Clinical pragmatism: a method of moral problem solving.
Fins J, Bacchetta M, Miller F. Clinical pragmatism: a method of moral problem solving. Kennedy Institute Of Ethics Journal 1997, 7: 129-45. PMID: 11654986, DOI: 10.1353/ken.1997.0013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCatholicismChronic DiseaseClergyCommunicationConsensusDecision MakingDementiaDiagnosisEmotionsEthical AnalysisEthical TheoryEthicsEthics, ClinicalEthics, MedicalEuthanasia, PassiveFamilyHumansLife Support CareMarriageMental CompetencyMethodsPatient CarePatient Care PlanningPhilosophyPhysiciansPrinciple-Based EthicsProfessional-Family RelationsResuscitation OrdersSocial ValuesSpouses
1993
An acute care response to chronic care: the American perspective.
Fins J. An acute care response to chronic care: the American perspective. Casopís Lékar̆ů C̆eských 1993, 132: 197-9. PMID: 8485760.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term careAcute care medicineTerm careAcute careAcute care settingAcute care focusCare medicineProvision of long-term careDoctor-patient relationshipAmerican medical carePalliative careChronic careCare focusCare settingsMedical careChronic diseasesMedical educationFunctional statusCareEthics of careEuthanasia debateCommunitarian ethicsWorld War IIEthical considerationsDiagnostic categories
1992
Palliation for the Dying
Blum D, Fins J. Palliation for the Dying. The Hastings Center Report 1992, 22: 45-45. PMID: 1385358, DOI: 10.2307/3562145.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPalliation in the Age of Chronic Disease
Fins J, Callahan D. Palliation in the Age of Chronic Disease. The Hastings Center Report 1992, 22: 41-42. PMID: 1371986, DOI: 10.2307/3562723.Peer-Reviewed Original Research