Selected Publications
- Fine RL. Medical futility in the neonatal intensive care unit: hope for a resolution. Pediatrics 2005 (November, in press).
- Fine RL. The imperative for hospital-based palliative care: patient, institutional, and societal benefits. BUMC Proceedings 2004;17: 259–264.
- Fine RL. The history of institutional ethics at Baylor University Medical Center. BUMC Proceedings 2004;17: 73–82.
- Fine RL, Mayo TW. Resolution of futility by due process: early experience with the Texas Advance Directives Act. Ann Intern Med 2003;138: 743–746.
- Fine RL. Depression, anxiety, and delirium in the terminally ill patient. BUMC Proceedings 2003;14: 130–133.
- Fine RL. Treatment preferences of seriously ill patients [letter to the editor]. N Engl J Med 2002;347: 533–535.
- Fine RL. The Texas Advance Directives Act of 1999: politics and reality. HEC Forum 2001;13: 59–81.
- Fine RL. Medical futility. Texas Journal on Aging 2001;4 (1): 14–19.
- Fine RL, Mayo TW. The rise and fall of the futility movement [letter to the editor]. N Engl J Med 2000;343: 1575–1576.
- Fine RL. Medical futility and the Texas Advance Directives Act of 1999. BUMC Proceedings 2000;13: 144–147.
- Fine RL. New Texas law simplifies end-of-life care planning. Texas Internist 2000(Winter).
- Fine RL, Mayo TW. Life-and-death decisions. Tex Med 1999;95: 64–68.
- Fine RL. Forum on ethics. Handling coma and brain death. Tex Med 1999;95: 26–27.
- Fine RL. Forum on ethics. A lesson in informed consent. Tex Med 1998;94: 22–23.
- Fine RL, Mayo TW. Treatment alternatives for the dying patient: medical ethics and the law. BUMC Proceedings 1998;11: 187–184.
- Fine RL. Communication in the face of critical illness. BUMC Proceedings 1997;10: 45–50.
- Fine RL. The institutional ethics committee at Baylor: our 10-year experience. BUMC Proceedings 1996;9 (1): 11–16.
- Fine RL. The Patient Self-Determination Act: an opportunity to communicate. Dallas Medical Journal 1991;77 (11).
- Fine RL. Personal choices: communication between physicians and patients when confronting critical illness. J Clin Ethics 1991;2: 57–61.