Publications

Border zones of consciousness: another immigration debate?, Fins, Joseph J. , Am J Bioeth, 2007 Jan, Volume 7, Issue 1, p.51-4; discussion W1-4, (2007)

The Orwellian threat to emerging neurodiagnostic technologies., Fins, Joseph J. , Am J Bioeth, 2005 Spring, Volume 5, Issue 2, p.56-8; discussion W5, (2005)

Rethinking disorders of consciousness: new research and its implications., Fins, Joseph J. , Hastings Cent Rep, 2005 Mar-Apr, Volume 35, Issue 2, p.22-4, (2005)

Contracts, covenants and advance care planning: an empirical study of the moral obligations of patient and proxy., Fins, Joseph J., Maltby Barbara S., Friedmann Erika, Greene Michele G., Norris Kaye, Adelman Ronald, and Byock Ira , J Pain Symptom Manage, 2005 Jan, Volume 29, Issue 1, p.55-68, (2005)

Clinical pragmatism and the care of brain damaged patients: toward a palliative neuroethics for disorders of consciousness., Fins, Joseph J. , Prog Brain Res, 2005, Volume 150, p.565-82, (2005)

Neurological diagnosis is more than a state of mind: diagnostic clarity and impaired consciousness., Fins, Joseph J., and Plum Fred , Arch Neurol, 2004 Sep, Volume 61, Issue 9, p.1354-5, (2004)

Constructing an ethical stereotaxy for severe brain injury: balancing risks, benefits and access., Fins, Joseph J. , Nat Rev Neurosci, 2003 Apr, Volume 4, Issue 4, p.323-7, (2003)

The minimally conscious state: definition and diagnostic criteria., Fins, Joseph J. , Neurology, 2002 Nov 12, Volume 59, Issue 9, p.1473; author reply 1473-4, (2002)

The ethical limits of neuroscience., Fins, Joseph J. , Lancet Neurol, 2002 Aug, Volume 1, Issue 4, p.213, (2002)

Commentary: from contract to covenant in advance care planning., Fins, Joseph J. , J Law Med Ethics, 1999 Spring, Volume 27, Issue 1, p.46-51, (1999)

Clinical pragmatism: bridging theory and practice., Fins, Joseph J., Miller Franklin G., and Bacchetta Matthew D. , Kennedy Inst Ethics J, 1998 Mar, Volume 8, Issue 1, p.37-42, (1998)

Clinical pragmatism: a method of moral problem solving., Fins, Joseph J., Bacchetta Matthew D., and Miller Franklin G. , Kennedy Inst Ethics J, 1997 Jun, Volume 7, Issue 2, p.129-45, (1997)

Disorders of consciousness and disordered care: families, caregivers, and narratives of necessity., Fins, Joseph J. , Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 2013 Oct, Volume 94, Issue 10, p.1934-9, (2013)

Whither the "Improvement Standard"? Coverage for Severe Brain Injury after Jimmo v. Sebelius., Fins, Joseph J., Wright Megan S., Kraft Claudia, Rogers Alix, Romani Marina B., Godwin Samantha, and Ulrich Michael R. , J Law Med Ethics, 2016 Mar, Volume 44, Issue 1, p.182-93, (2016)

Saul Bellow's Coma: What Neuroscience Can Learn From the Humanities., Fins, Joseph J. , J Head Trauma Rehabil, 2020 Mar/Apr, Volume 35, Issue 2, p.160-162, (2020)

Nanotechnology, neuromodulation & the immune response: discourse, materiality & ethics., Fins, Joseph J. , Biomed Microdevices, 2015 Apr, Volume 17, Issue 2, p.28, (2015)

Giving Voice to Consciousness., Fins, Joseph J. , Camb Q Healthc Ethics, 2016 Oct, Volume 25, Issue 4, p.583-99, (2016)

Neuroethics and Disorders of Consciousness: Discerning Brain States in Clinical Practice and Research., Fins, Joseph J. , AMA J Ethics, 2016 Dec 01, Volume 18, Issue 12, p.1182-1191, (2016)

Being open minded about neuromodulation trials: Finding success in our "failures"., Fins, Joseph J., Kubu Cynthia S., Mayberg Helen S., Merkel Reinhard, Nuttin Bart, and Schlaepfer Thomas E. , Brain Stimul, 2017 Mar - Apr, Volume 10, Issue 2, p.181-186, (2017)

Mosaic Decisionmaking and Reemergent Agency after Severe Brain Injury., Fins, Joseph J. , Camb Q Healthc Ethics, 2018 Jan, Volume 27, Issue 1, p.163-174, (2018)

Rights language and disorders of consciousness: a call for advocacy., Fins, Joseph J., and Wright Megan S. , Brain Inj, 2018, Volume 32, Issue 5, p.670-674, (2018)

Towards a Clinical Neuroethics for Brain Injury Practice: An Introduction to a New Special Feature for Ethics in JHTR., Fins, Joseph J. , J Head Trauma Rehabil, 2018 Jul/Aug, Volume 33, Issue 4, p.283-284, (2018)

Ethical, palliative, and policy considerations in disorders of consciousness., Fins, Joseph J., and Bernat James L. , Neurology, 2018 09 04, Volume 91, Issue 10, p.471-475, (2018)

Constructive Disappointment and Disbelief: Building a Career in Neuroethics., Fins, Joseph J. , Camb Q Healthc Ethics, 2018 10, Volume 27, Issue 4, p.544-553, (2018)

Pragmatic Convergence and the Epistemology of an Adolescent Neuroethics., Fins, Joseph J., and Illes Judy , Camb Q Healthc Ethics, 2018 10, Volume 27, Issue 4, p.554-557, (2018)