2020
Meeting the Challenge of COVID-19: The Response of Two Ethics Consultation Services in New York City.
Prager K, Fins J. Meeting the Challenge of COVID-19: The Response of Two Ethics Consultation Services in New York City. The Journal Of Clinical Ethics 2020, 31: 209-211. PMID: 32773402, DOI: 10.1086/jce2020313209.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhases of a Pandemic Surge: The Experience of an Ethics Service in New York City during COVID-19.
Huberman B, Mukherjee D, Gabbay E, Knowlton S, Green D, Pandya N, Meredith N, Walker J, Shapiro Z, Hersh J, Chisholm M, Waldman S, MacKenzie C, de Melo-Martín I, Fins J. Phases of a Pandemic Surge: The Experience of an Ethics Service in New York City during COVID-19. The Journal Of Clinical Ethics 2020, 31: 219-227. PMID: 32773404, DOI: 10.1086/jce2020313219.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical ethics consultationEthics consultationEthical issuesSense of dis-easeEthics consultation servicesPrism of timeEthical lifeCode status discussionsNew York City hospitalsEthics ServiceOrganizational lifeEthicsCommunication interventionsSpecialty areasEight-week periodDis-easeWeill Cornell Medical CollegeNew York CityConsultation servicePandemic surgeConsultationCity HospitalCornell Medical CollegeMedical CollegeScarcity of resourcesThe COVID-19 Crisis and Clinical Ethics in New York City.
Fins J, Prager K. The COVID-19 Crisis and Clinical Ethics in New York City. The Journal Of Clinical Ethics 2020, 31: 228-232. PMID: 32773405, DOI: 10.1086/jce2020313228.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEthics consultationEthical challengesClinical ethics consultationClinical ethics servicesCrisis standards of careClinical ethicsEthical communityMedical futilityColumbia teamMoral distressCritical intelligenceEthics ServiceEthicsSenior hospital administratorsNewYork-PresbyterianInstitutional lifeCrisis standardsResource allocation questionsNew York CityExtraordinary circumstancesWeill CornellDisproportionate burden of COVID-19Collective responseMedical CenterColumbia campusResuscitating 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 ResearchConceptsDo-not-resuscitatePatients' rightsProportion of resuscitationsMedical ethicsClinical ethicistsPhysician paternalismPublic health crisisMedical internsNew York CityCOVID-19Clinical discretionHealth crisisPersonal narrativesYork CityRightsPaternityEthicistsEthicsResuscitationStress testClinical medicineRiskAuthorsNarrativesQuestions
2013
Stigmatization of Substance Use Disorders among Internal Medicine Residents
Meltzer E, Suppes A, Burns S, Shuman A, Orfanos A, Sturiano C, Charney P, Fins J. Stigmatization of Substance Use Disorders among Internal Medicine Residents. Substance Use & Addiction Journal 2013, 34: 356-362. PMID: 24159906, DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2013.815143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical Condition Regard ScaleNarcotic pain medicationInternal medicine residentsSubstance use disordersPain medicationMedicine residentsInternal medicine residents' attitudesMCRS scoresAddiction educationPostgraduate training yearAcademic medical centerProspective cohort studyYears of trainingOptimal careStigmatized conditionsImprove attitudesTraining yearMedicine courseAttitude improvementAssess attitudesCohort studyResidence backgroundNew York CityAddiction medicineMedical Center
2012
Lip-reading and the ventilated patient*
Meltzer E, Gallagher J, Suppes A, Fins J. Lip-reading and the ventilated patient*. Critical Care Medicine 2012, 40: 1529-1531. PMID: 22430239, DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e318241e56c.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentilated patientsTotal body surface area burnBody surface area burnBurn unitUniversity Teaching HospitalSurface area burnAmerican Sign Language interpretersProspective studyVentilator-dependentLip readingArea burnPatientsCircuit formationTeaching hospitalMedical settingsNew York CityYork CitySign language interpretersMouthed wordsTracheostomy