Adi Finkelstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 187188 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adi Finkelstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adi |
| FAMILY NAME | Finkelstein |
| SIGNATURE | FINKELSTEIN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jerusalem College of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4345-5254 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From loss to calling
Many students are drawn to nursing through altruism and cultural moral values. This qualitative study examined nursing graduates who experienced the terminal illness and death of a close family member, providing them with early exposure to clinical settings and shaping their emotional insight and sensitivity to the psychosocial dimensions of end-of-life care. Their experiences often deepened their desire to enter the nursing profession and delive…
Beyond the classroom
Global populations are rapidly aging, posing significant challenges. Yet, ageism among clinicians and medical students persists, undermining empathy and care quality. Traditional short-term educational efforts have limited effect; sustained, relationship-based programs hold promise but remain understudied. To address this, we implemented a year-long service-learning project, where first-year medical students visit elderly individuals at their hom…
Insights of people with disabilities regarding barriers to equality and inclusion
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) aims to guarantee the rights and conditions essential to the full participation of people with disabilities. Israel signed the convention in 2007 and ratified it in 2012. In this study we examined the barriers to full participation from the experience of people with disabilities in Israel. Sixty-one semi-structured interviews and nine focus groups were conducted durin…
Honoring the moment of death
Given the limited information on physicians' practices at the time of pronouncing a patient's death, this study aimed to learn about the prevalence and purpose of internal medicine residents' practices, the obstacles to performing them and how they can be overcome. Responses to a questionnaire were analyzed using logistic regression, to compare respondents who did and did not have a ritual. Twenty-one interview transcripts were thematically analy…
Challenging and Facilitating Factors When Coping with the News of a Newborn’s Down Syndrome Diagnosis
Studies have shown that healthcare professionals (HP) play a significant role in parents' experience when informed of the birth of a child with Down Syndrome (DS). Past studies have focused on faith dilemmas of religious mothers that were informed that their child was born with DS and on understanding how faith was a source of emotional support for them. Studies that focus on religious activist mothers are scarce. We utilized a qualitative method…
Patient safety and staff psychological safety
Objectives To predict the amount of teamwork that takes place throughout a surgery, based on performing a preoperative safety standards (surgical safety checklist and surgical count) and to explore factors affecting patient safety and staff psychological safety during a surgery, based on interprofessional teamwork. Methods This mixed methods study included quantitative and qualitative analyses. Quantitative data included 2,184 direct observations…
A Comparative Analysis of Smoking Rates by Sex and Socioeconomic Status Among Ultra-Orthodox City Residents and Non-Ultra-Orthodox City Residents in Israel
Ultra-Orthodox Nursing Students’ Cultural Challenges Inside and Outside Their Community during the Covid-19 Pandemic
In line with findings that nurses from minority groups have an important role in making health services accessible to their community, our study aimed to identify the challenges ultra-Orthodox Jewish nurses faced during COVID-19 in their encounters with patients and health staff from other communities, as well as their own community. The ultra-Orthodox community is a highly religious group that maintains isolation from general society, a phenomen…
The challenges and dilemmas of local translators of human rights
Translators of global liberal human rights ideas into religious conservative communities are intermediaries who occupy a liminal position. They are located at a complex crossroad of incompatible values and norms. This article examines the translators’ challenges and dilemmas that stem from this position. The article focuses on translators of human rights of people with disabilities in Jewish ultra-Orthodox communities in Israel as a case study. T…
I will never be old’
The life expectancy of people with Down syndrome (DS) has increased significantly over the last few decades. Consequently, they and their families face new ageing-related challenges, the first signs of which appear in people with DS around the age of 30. The goal of this study was to explore the perceptions of adults with DS regarding their own and their parents’ ageing and end of life, and to examine the views and concerns of the parents regardi…
Innovation in medical education
This early evidence suggests that the CC model can be successfully expanded to health coaches, thus improving nutritional care
Realizing autonomy
This research took place in an independent living neighborhood (ILN) for people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The study is based on in-depth open interviews with Eytan (aged 44), who has lived in the ILN for 27 years. Eytan’s narratives reflect the challenges posed by his dependence on his caregivers and the resulting interdependent relationship. Drawing on a relational tradition within disability studies, we argue that autonomy and care are …
Insights of people with disabilities regarding barriers to equality and inclusion
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) aims to guarantee the rights and conditions essential to the full participation of people with disabilities. Israel signed the convention in 2007 and ratified it in 2012. In this study we examined the barriers to full participation from the experience of people with disabilities in Israel. Sixty-one semi-structured interviews and nine focus groups were conducted durin…
The challenges and dilemmas of local translators of human rights
Translators of global liberal human rights ideas into religious conservative communities are intermediaries who occupy a liminal position. They are located at a complex crossroad of incompatible values and norms. This article examines the translators’ challenges and dilemmas that stem from this position. The article focuses on translators of human rights of people with disabilities in Jewish ultra-Orthodox communities in Israel as a case study. T…
Innovation in medical education
This early evidence suggests that the CC model can be successfully expanded to health coaches, thus improving nutritional care
Realizing autonomy
This research took place in an independent living neighborhood (ILN) for people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The study is based on in-depth open interviews with Eytan (aged 44), who has lived in the ILN for 27 years. Eytan’s narratives reflect the challenges posed by his dependence on his caregivers and the resulting interdependent relationship. Drawing on a relational tradition within disability studies, we argue that autonomy and care are …
I will never be old’
The life expectancy of people with Down syndrome (DS) has increased significantly over the last few decades. Consequently, they and their families face new ageing-related challenges, the first signs of which appear in people with DS around the age of 30. The goal of this study was to explore the perceptions of adults with DS regarding their own and their parents’ ageing and end of life, and to examine the views and concerns of the parents regardi…
The challenges and dilemmas of local translators of human rights
Translators of global liberal human rights ideas into religious conservative communities are intermediaries who occupy a liminal position. They are located at a complex crossroad of incompatible values and norms. This article examines the translators’ challenges and dilemmas that stem from this position. The article focuses on translators of human rights of people with disabilities in Jewish ultra-Orthodox communities in Israel as a case study. T…
Patient safety and staff psychological safety
Objectives To predict the amount of teamwork that takes place throughout a surgery, based on performing a preoperative safety standards (surgical safety checklist and surgical count) and to explore factors affecting patient safety and staff psychological safety during a surgery, based on interprofessional teamwork. Methods This mixed methods study included quantitative and qualitative analyses. Quantitative data included 2,184 direct observations…
A Comparative Analysis of Smoking Rates by Sex and Socioeconomic Status Among Ultra-Orthodox City Residents and Non-Ultra-Orthodox City Residents in Israel
Ultra-Orthodox Nursing Students’ Cultural Challenges Inside and Outside Their Community during the Covid-19 Pandemic
In line with findings that nurses from minority groups have an important role in making health services accessible to their community, our study aimed to identify the challenges ultra-Orthodox Jewish nurses faced during COVID-19 in their encounters with patients and health staff from other communities, as well as their own community. The ultra-Orthodox community is a highly religious group that maintains isolation from general society, a phenomen…
Challenging and Facilitating Factors When Coping with the News of a Newborn’s Down Syndrome Diagnosis
Studies have shown that healthcare professionals (HP) play a significant role in parents' experience when informed of the birth of a child with Down Syndrome (DS). Past studies have focused on faith dilemmas of religious mothers that were informed that their child was born with DS and on understanding how faith was a source of emotional support for them. Studies that focus on religious activist mothers are scarce. We utilized a qualitative method…
Insights of people with disabilities regarding barriers to equality and inclusion
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) aims to guarantee the rights and conditions essential to the full participation of people with disabilities. Israel signed the convention in 2007 and ratified it in 2012. In this study we examined the barriers to full participation from the experience of people with disabilities in Israel. Sixty-one semi-structured interviews and nine focus groups were conducted durin…
Honoring the moment of death
Given the limited information on physicians' practices at the time of pronouncing a patient's death, this study aimed to learn about the prevalence and purpose of internal medicine residents' practices, the obstacles to performing them and how they can be overcome. Responses to a questionnaire were analyzed using logistic regression, to compare respondents who did and did not have a ritual. Twenty-one interview transcripts were thematically analy…
Beyond the classroom
Global populations are rapidly aging, posing significant challenges. Yet, ageism among clinicians and medical students persists, undermining empathy and care quality. Traditional short-term educational efforts have limited effect; sustained, relationship-based programs hold promise but remain understudied. To address this, we implemented a year-long service-learning project, where first-year medical students visit elderly individuals at their hom…
From loss to calling
Many students are drawn to nursing through altruism and cultural moral values. This qualitative study examined nursing graduates who experienced the terminal illness and death of a close family member, providing them with early exposure to clinical settings and shaping their emotional insight and sensitivity to the psychosocial dimensions of end-of-life care. Their experiences often deepened their desire to enter the nursing profession and delive…
Psychology (9 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political science (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Disability Rights and Representation (3 works) · Focus group (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works)