2017
The Rise of Hospitalists: An Opportunity for Clinical Ethics.
McCarthy M, Real de Asua D, Fins J. The Rise of Hospitalists: An Opportunity for Clinical Ethics. The Journal Of Clinical Ethics 2017, 28: 325-332. PMID: 29257769, DOI: 10.1086/jce2017284325.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical ethicsMedical ethicsHospital medicineTeaching medical ethicsMedical educationHospitalist teaching serviceHistory of medicineField of hospital medicineNew forcesEthical theoryEthical communityNormative reasonsClinical ethicistsTeam of medical studentsIntellectual groundEthicsTheory-practice gapInpatient settingPatient carePerennial challengeHospitalistsRoutine issuesMedical studentsTeaching serviceClinical vignettesTeaching Clinical Ethics at the Bedside: William Osler and the Essential Role of the Hospitalist
William McCarthy M, Fins J. Teaching Clinical Ethics at the Bedside: William Osler and the Essential Role of the Hospitalist. The AMA Journal Of Ethic 2017, 19: 528. PMID: 28644781, DOI: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.6.peer2-1706.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Transforming Educational Accountability in Medical Ethics and Humanities Education Toward Professionalism
Doukas D, Kirch D, Brigham T, Barzansky B, Wear S, Carrese J, Fins J, Lederer S. Transforming Educational Accountability in Medical Ethics and Humanities Education Toward Professionalism. Academic Medicine 2015, 90: 738-743. PMID: 25539516, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000000616.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical educationCurrent health care deliveryHealth care deliveryMedical ethicsSchool administrative structureOutcomes-based assessmentEthicsSchool admissions processMedical school admissions processCare deliveryPromotion professionalsProgrammatic viewEducation continuumAdmission processExpert panelMedical schoolsProfessional attributesAccrediting organizationsProfessional physiciansEducationProfessionals
2014
The Ethical Imperative to Think about Thinking
Stark M, Fins J. The Ethical Imperative to Think about Thinking. Cambridge Quarterly Of Healthcare Ethics 2014, 23: 386-396. PMID: 25033249, DOI: 10.1017/s0963180114000061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedication errorsMedical ethics literaturePatient safetyEthics literatureEthical imperativesMedical educationBody of scholarshipPrevent errorsProfessional obligationsMedical judgmentInsufficient progressProfessional dutiesSelf-reflectionProfessionalsCognitive sourceThinkingThinking errorsCritical thinkingEthicsNonmaleficenceBeneficenceMounting concernJusticeObligationsImprove critical thinking skills
2011
The Hidden and Implicit Curricula in Cultural Context: New Insights From Doha and New York
Fins J, del Pozo P. The Hidden and Implicit Curricula in Cultural Context: New Insights From Doha and New York. Academic Medicine 2011, 86: 321-325. PMID: 21248601, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0b013e318208761d.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPalliative careEnd-of-life careEnd-of-lifeClinical ethicsU.S. medical schoolsMedical college campusMedical educationMedical schoolsEducational effortsCurricular elementsCareLow-context societiesHidden curriculumContextual factorsLocal cultural contextNew YorkCultural contextMedical humanitiesParticipant observationStudents' educational experiencesReflective practiceEducational experienceLongitudinal experimentCultural settingsCollege campuses
2000
An Approach to Educating Residents about Palliative Care and Clinical Ethics
Fins J, Nilson E. An Approach to Educating Residents about Palliative Care and Clinical Ethics. Academic Medicine 2000, 75: 662-665. PMID: 10875514, DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200006000-00021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPalliative careEnd-of-lifeIntegration of palliative careEnd-of-life careGraduate medical education programsEffective palliative careEnd of lifeMedical education programsNew York Presbyterian HospitalSymptom managementWeill Medical College of Cornell UniversityClinical skillsAttitudinal barriersResidents' knowledgeMedical educationCarePractice patternsEducate residentsResident experienceEducational effortsEducation programsClinical ethicsEvolving area of studyReligious issuesResidents
1999
Incorporating palliative care into critical care education: Principles, challenges, and opportunities
Danis M, Federman D, Fins J, Fox E, Kastenbaum B, Lanken P, Long K, Lowenstein E, Lynn J, Rouse F, Tulsky J. Incorporating palliative care into critical care education: Principles, challenges, and opportunities. Critical Care Medicine 1999, 27: 2005-2013. PMID: 10507632, DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199909000-00047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-of-life carePalliative careEnd-of-lifeIntensive care unitCare educationModified nominal group processCritical careExcellent palliative carePalliative care educationCompassionate palliative careDiscontinuity of careGoals of careCritical care educationNominal group processTrust relationshipsCapacity of patientsDying patientsGood careTeaching careConsumer advocacyMedical educationCareEffective communicationLife support technologyCare unit
1993
Praxis Makes Perfect?
Fins J. Praxis Makes Perfect? The Hastings Center Report 1993, 23: 16-19. PMID: 7710462, DOI: 10.2307/3562061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCost-Benefit AnalysisDrug CostsDrug UtilizationFormularies, Hospital as TopicHealth Care ReformHumansModels, OrganizationalOrganizational ObjectivesPeer Review, Health CarePharmacy and Therapeutics CommitteeQuality of Health CareResource AllocationRisk AssessmentSocial JusticeUnited StatesAn 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