Brain Injury, Ethics, and the Struggle for Consciousness: A Conversation with Dr. Joseph Fins

Dr. Joseph Fins, founding Chair of the Ethics Committee of New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he is an Attending Physician and Director of Medical Ethics, discusses the ethical and policy issues in brain injury and disorders of consciousness, palliative care, research ethics in neurology and psychiatry, medical education, and the methods of ethics case consultation. Dr. Fins also talks about the development of his new book, Rights Come to Mind: Brain Injury, Ethics and The Struggle for Consciousness (Cambridge University Press, 2015): http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/.... Robert Klitzman, Director of the Master of Science in Bioethics program at Columbia University, leads the conversation.