2023
Standards and Ethics Issues in the Determination of Death: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians.
DeCamp M, Prager K, Opole I, Deep N, Callister T, Abraham G, Bornstein S, Bruera E, Burnett J, Carney J, Collamer A, Cooney T, Esbensen K, Fins J, Fuson O, Harp T, Holbrook A, Huddle T, Jung D, Levine M, Mire R, Prager K, Wallace E. Standards and Ethics Issues in the Determination of Death: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2023, 176: 1245-1250. PMID: 37665984, DOI: 10.7326/m23-1361.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDetermination of deathUniform Determination of Death ActDead donor ruleEthical significanceAmerican College of Physicians position paperEthical issuesPatient-physician relationshipUniform DeterminationAmerican College of PhysiciansAmerican CollegeCollege of PhysiciansBiological conceptsHealth professionalsEducational effortsSocial implicationsPosition paperMedical testsPatient deathProfessionPhysiciansHonestyIndividual patientsCommitmentAmericanControversies
2021
Should healthcare workers be prioritised during the COVID-19 pandemic? A view from Madrid and New York
de Asua D, Fins J. Should healthcare workers be prioritised during the COVID-19 pandemic? A view from Madrid and New York. Journal Of Medical Ethics 2021, 48: medethics-2020-107050. PMID: 33910974, PMCID: PMC8103555, DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2020-107050.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Proportionality, Pandemics, and Medical Ethics
Fins J, Miller F. Proportionality, Pandemics, and Medical Ethics. The American Journal Of Medicine 2020, 133: 1243-1244. PMID: 32653418, PMCID: PMC7347467, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.06.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPandemics, Protocols, and the Plague of Athens: Insights from Thucydides
Fins J. Pandemics, Protocols, and the Plague of Athens: Insights from Thucydides. The Hastings Center Report 2020, 50: 50-53. PMID: 32596885, DOI: 10.1002/hast.1132.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Fee Disclosure at a Cost
Fins J. Fee Disclosure at a Cost. The Hastings Center Report 2014, 44: 3-3. PMID: 25412966, DOI: 10.1002/hast.377.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsConflict of InterestDisclosureFees and ChargesHealth Care SectorHealth PersonnelHumansInformed ConsentExtracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adults: A brief review and ethical considerations for nonspecialist health providers and hospitalists
Meltzer E, Ivascu N, Acres C, Stark M, Kirkpatrick J, Paul S, Sedrakyan A, Fins J. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adults: A brief review and ethical considerations for nonspecialist health providers and hospitalists. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2014, 9: 808-813. PMID: 25332093, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2262.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtracorporeal membrane oxygenationMembrane oxygenationVA-ECMOTreated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenationManaging extracorporeal membrane oxygenationVenoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenationVenovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenationProvision of ECMODiscontinuation of treatmentConsistent with patient preferencesClinical responseRespiratory failureGoals of careHeart failureCardiac arrestCo-manage patientsCounseling familiesPatient preferencesPatientsPatient referralHealth providersHealthcare providersEthical considerationsHospitalistsProviders
2001
Communication in intensive care settings: The challenge of futility disputes
Fins J, Solomon M. Communication in intensive care settings: The challenge of futility disputes. Critical Care Medicine 2001, 29: n10-n15. PMID: 11228567, DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200102001-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAttitude of Health PersonnelAttitude to DeathCommunicationConflict, PsychologicalCritical CareDecision MakingFamilyFemaleHealth PersonnelHumansInformed ConsentMedical FutilityOrganizational CulturePatient Care TeamProfessional-Family RelationsPrognosisQuality of LifeSocial SupportTeachingTotal Quality ManagementTruth Disclosure
1996
From indifference to goodness
Fins J. From indifference to goodness. Journal Of Religion And Health 1996, 35: 245-254. PMID: 11654980, DOI: 10.1007/bf02354954.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAltruismBeneficenceCasuistryDecision MakingEmpathyEthical AnalysisEthical TheoryEthicsEthics, ClinicalEthics, MedicalFamilyHealth PersonnelHistoryHumanismHumansMedical FutilityMedicineNarrationNational SocialismPastoral CarePatient CarePhilosophyPolitical SystemsPrinciple-Based EthicsProfessional-Patient RelationsReligionSocial ValuesTruth DisclosureVirtuesWithholding Treatment
1995
Across the divide: Religious objections to brain death
Fins J. Across the divide: Religious objections to brain death. Journal Of Religion And Health 1995, 34: 33-40. PMID: 11652895, DOI: 10.1007/bf02248636.Peer-Reviewed Original Research