2024
Brain injury, medical progress, and the disability paradox: Towards an Americans with Abilities Act
Fins J, Shulman K, Wright M, Shapiro Z. Brain injury, medical progress, and the disability paradox: Towards an Americans with Abilities Act. Neurorehabilitation 2024, 54: 141-147. PMID: 38217618, DOI: 10.3233/nre-230118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisability lawLegal protection of patientsInterface of medicineProtection of patientsAmerican jurisprudenceConstitutional protectionLegal protectionLawConstitutive elementsNewfound abilityMedical progressProtectionJurisprudenceLegislationBrain injuryAmericanModerate to severe brain injuryDisabilityParadoxBrain injury professionalsProfessionalsADASevere brain injuryBrain
2016
Brain death and disorders of consciousness
Schiff N, Fins J. Brain death and disorders of consciousness. Current Biology 2016, 26: r572-r576. PMID: 27404252, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.02.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisorders of consciousnessBrain-dead patientsBrain deathVegetative stateCognitive motor dissociationScientific knowledgeCognitive functionMinimally conscious stateNon-medical specialistsSocietal contextBrain statesConsciousnessConscious stateMotor dissociationBrainDisordersDead patientsConceptual frameworkLack of sustainabilityHigher levelsFutilityParadoxDistinction