2018
Disorders of Consciousness, Agency, and Health Care Decision Making: Lessons From a Developmental Model
Wright M, Kraft C, Ulrich M, Fins J. Disorders of Consciousness, Agency, and Health Care Decision Making: Lessons From a Developmental Model. AJOB Neuroscience 2018, 9: 56-64. DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2018.1425755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisorders of consciousnessHealth care decision makingCare decision makingLegal systemPermanent incapacitySelf-determinationHealthDevelopmental modelDecision-making frameworkDecisionIncreasing roleDisordersPatientsPatient evolutionDecision makingRecovery processIncapacityPersonhoodPhysiciansAgenciesDisabilityMaximal extentParticipants
2016
A Survey of Physicians’ Attitudes toward Decision-Making Authority for Initiating and Withdrawing VA-ECMO: Results and Ethical Implications for Shared Decision Making
Meltzer E, Ivascu N, Stark M, Orfanos A, Acres C, Christos P, Mangione T, Fins J. A Survey of Physicians’ Attitudes toward Decision-Making Authority for Initiating and Withdrawing VA-ECMO: Results and Ethical Implications for Shared Decision Making. The Journal Of Clinical Ethics 2016, 27: 281-289. DOI: 10.1086/jce2016274281.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
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