2015
Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment
Hinderer K, Friedmann E, Fins J. Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment. Dimensions Of Critical Care Nursing 2015, 34: 91-99. PMID: 25650494, DOI: 10.1097/dcc.0000000000000097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdvance Care PlanningDecision MakingFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProxyRespiration, ArtificialSampling StudiesWithholding TreatmentConceptsEOL decisionsEnd-of-lifeCritical care nursesMechanical ventilation withdrawalCare nursesFamilies of critically ill patientsVentilator withdrawalImproving EOL careAdvance care planningPatient-proxy pairsWithdrawal of life-sustaining therapySecondary analysis of dataWithdrawal of mechanical ventilationLife-sustaining therapyEOL careCare planningPatient-directedResponses to questionsDisease trajectoryProxies' decisionsModification of directionSecondary analysisImprove patientAnalysis of dataNurses
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
2000
Principles in palliative care: an overview.
Fins J. Principles in palliative care: an overview. Respiratory Care 2000, 45: 1320-6;discussion 26-30. PMID: 11063520.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1995
But Is It Assisted Suicide?
Fins J, Viederman M, Nelson J. But Is It Assisted Suicide? The Hastings Center Report 1995, 25: 24-25. PMID: 7649741, DOI: 10.2307/3562110.Peer-Reviewed Original Research