Len Rubenstein

Research output

Research output per year 1983 1998 2014 2018 2021 2022 2023 2023

• 51 Article
• 18 Comment/debate
• 10 Review article
• 8 Letter
• 8 More
  • 4 Short survey
  • 3 Editorial
  • 1 Chapter

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2023

  Attacks on health are war crimes and a public health catastrophe

  Haar, R., Abbara, A., Rubenstein, L., Spiegel, P. & Alnahhas, H., Nov 25 2023, In: The Lancet. 402, 10416, p. 1971 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access

• Correction to: The crisis of maternal and child health in Afghanistan (Conflict and Health, (2023), 17, 1, (28), 10.1186/s13031-023-00522-z)

  Glass, N., Jalalzai, R., Spiegel, P. & Rubenstein, L., Dec 2023, In: Conflict and Health. 17, 1, 32.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Afghanistan 100%
  • Maternal Health 86%
  • Child health 77%
  • Names 72%
  • Health 37%

• COVID-19 Restrictions In Jails And Prisons: Perspectives From Carceral Leaders

  Saloner, B., Kramer, C., Song, M., Doan, B., Eber, G. B., Rubenstein, L. S. & Sufrin, C., Jun 2023, In: Health Affairs. 42, 6, p. 841-848 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Quarantine 100%
  • Prisons 82%
  • Pandemics 72%
  • Disease Outbreaks 60%
  • correctional institution 57%

• COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy and uptake: Perspectives from people released from the Federal Bureau of Prisons

  Kramer, C., Song, M., Sufrin, C. B., Eber, G. B., Rubenstein, L. S. & Saloner, B., Feb 10 2023, In: Vaccine. 41, 7, p. 1408-1417 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • correctional institutions 100%
  • Prisons 77%
  • vaccination 71%
  • vaccines 54%
  • correctional institution 54%

• Pandemic detention: life with COVID-19 behind bars in Maryland

  Arscott, J., Doan, B., Dayton, L., Eber, G. B., Sufrin, C. B., Beyrer, C. & Rubenstein, L., 2023, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 11, 1217857.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Prisons 100%
  • detention 88%
  • Pandemics 87%
  • correctional institution 70%
  • lack 42%

• Release, Reentry, and Reintegration During COVID-19: Perspectives of Individuals Recently Released from the Federal Bureau of Prisons

  Kramer, C., Song, M., Sufrin, C. B., Eber, G. B., Rubenstein, L. S. & Saloner, B., Jul 1 2023, In: Health Equity. 7, 1, p. 384-394 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Prisons 100%
  • reintegration 91%
  • correctional institution 70%
  • Pandemics 43%
  • Health Equity 38%

• The crisis of maternal and child health in Afghanistan

  Rubenstein, L., Jalazai, R., Spiegel, P. & Glass, N., Jan 14 2023, In: The Lancet. 401, 10371, p. 87-90 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• The crisis of maternal and child health in Afghanistan

  Glass, N., Jalazai, R., Spiegel, P. & Rubenstein, L., Dec 2023, In: Conflict and Health. 17, 1, 28.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Afghanistan 100%
  • Taliban 99%
  • Maternal Health 86%
  • health workers 83%
  • Child health 77%

• “Actually, the psychological wounds are more difficult than physical injuries:” a qualitative analysis of the impacts of attacks on health on the personal and professional lives of health workers in the Syrian conflict

  Abbara, A., Rayes, D., Tappis, H., Hamze, M., Wais, R., Alahmad, H., Almhawish, N., Rubenstein, L. & Haar, R., Dec 2023, In: Conflict and Health. 17, 1, 48.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • health workers 100%
  • Occupational Groups 66%
  • Psychology 62%
  • Syria 56%
  • Health 44%

• “It was like you were being literally punished for getting sick”: formerly incarcerated people’s perspectives on liberty restrictions during COVID-19

  Song, M., Kramer, C. T., Sufrin, C. B., Eber, G. B., Rubenstein, L. S., Beyrer, C. & Saloner, B., 2023, In: AJOB Empirical Bioethics. 14, 3, p. 155-166 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Liberty 100%
  • Illegitimacy 80%
  • Staff 52%
  • social isolation 50%
  • Isolation 50%
• 2022

  A Human Rights Framework for Advancing the Standard of Medical Care for Incarcerated People in the United States in the Time of COVID-19

  Saloner, B., Eber, G. B., Sufrin, C. B., Beyrer, C. & Rubenstein, L. S., 2022, In: Health and human rights. 24, 1, p. 59-75 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Human Rights 100%
  • medical care 76%
  • Standard of Care 74%
  • human rights 56%
  • Constitution and Bylaws 31%

• Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the universality of health and human rights

  International AIDS Society–Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights, Feb 5 2022, In: The Lancet. 399, 10324, p. 503-504 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Attacks on Health Care in the War in Ukraine: International Law and the Need for Accountability

  Gostin, L. & Rubenstein, L. S., Apr 26 2022, In: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association. 327, 16, p. 1541-1542 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• End compulsory drug treatment in the Asia-Pacific region

  members of the International AIDS Society–Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights, Jan 29 2022, In: The Lancet. 399, 10323, p. 419-421 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Unstable gynaecological patient with an ankle monitor: implications of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Alternatives to Detention programme in the healthcare setting

  Pancheshnikov, A., Boddu, R., Rubenstein, L. S. & Cuneo, C. N., Jun 1 2022, In: BMJ case reports. 15, 6, e246515.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Emigration and Immigration 100%
  • Ankle 79%
  • Delivery of Health Care 51%
  • Equipment and Supplies 50%
  • Uterine Artery Embolization 30%

• War prevention and mitigation are public health imperatives of our time

  Gebregziabher, M., DeLargy, P., Jumaan, A., Kapila, M. & Rubenstein, L., May 2022, In: EClinicalMedicine. 47, 101385.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  Open Access

• What Does Ethics Demand of Health Care Practice in Conflict Zones?

  Rubenstein, L. & Haar, R., Jun 2022, In: AMA Journal of Ethics. 24, 6, p. E535-E541

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Health care practice 100%
  • Bioethics 99%
  • moral philosophy 53%
  • demand 49%
  • obligation 38%

• ‘We will never give up’: a qualitative study of ethical challenges Syrian health workers face in situations of extreme violence

  Singh, N. S., Redman, B., Broussard, G., DeCamp, M., Rayes, D., Ho, L. S., Robinson, W. C., Sankari, A., Maziak, W. & Rubenstein, L., Apr 2022, In: Disasters. 46, 2, p. 301-328 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • health worker 100%
  • violence 88%
  • health workers 72%
  • Syria 48%
  • health 30%
• 2021

  COVID-19 vaccine prioritization of incarcerated people relative to other vulnerable groups: An analysis of state plans

  Strodel, R., Dayton, L., Garrison-Desany, H. M., Eber, G., Beyrer, C., Arscott, J., Rubenstein, L. & Sufrin, C., Jun 2021, In: PloS one. 16, 6 June, e0253208.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Vaccines 100%
  • Vaccination 71%
  • Law Enforcement 30%
  • Prisons 26%
  • Long-Term Care 23%

• Determining the Number of Refugees to Be Resettled in the United States: An Ethical and Policy Analysis of Policy-Level Stakeholder Views

  Fabi, R., Serwer, D., Singh, N. S., Persad, G., Spiegel, P. & Rubenstein, L., 2021, In: Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies. 19, 2, p. 142-156 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Ethical Analysis 100%
  • refugee 89%
  • policy analysis 83%
  • Refugees 79%
  • Policy Making 77%

• H. Jack Geiger: A Pioneer Physician for Human Rights

  McKay, D. & Rubenstein, L., May 2021, In: American journal of public health. 111, 5, p. 789-791 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

• Human rights and fair access to COVID-19 vaccines: the International AIDS Society–Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights

  Commissioners of and collaborators with the International AIDS Society–Lancet Commission on Health and Human Rights, Apr 24 2021, In: The Lancet. 397, 10284, p. 1524-1527 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Scopus citations

• Overview of attacks against civilian infrastructure during the Syrian civil war, 2012-2018

  Muzzall, E., Perlman, B., Rubenstein, L. S. & Haar, R. J., Oct 1 2021, In: BMJ Global Health. 6, 10, e006384.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Armed Conflicts 100%
  • civil war 91%
  • infrastructure 65%
  • Weapons 58%
  • Delivery of Health Care 56%

• Violence against healthcare in conflict: a systematic review of the literature and agenda for future research

  Haar, R. J., Read, R., Fast, L., Blanchet, K., Rinaldi, S., Taithe, B., Wille, C. & Rubenstein, L. S., Dec 2021, In: Conflict and Health. 15, 1, 37.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Violence 100%
  • Healthcare 73%
  • Systematic Reviews 70%
  • Human Rights 62%
  • violence 59%
• 2020

  Revisiting restrictions of rights after covid-19

  Rubenstein, L. & Decamp, M., Dec 2020, In: Health and human rights. 22, 2, p. 321-324 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• War, political conflict, and the right to health

  Rubenstein, L., Jun 2020, In: Health and human rights. 22, 1, p. 339-341 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations
• 2019

  Can Physicians Work in US Immigration Detention Facilities while Upholding Their Hippocratic Oath?

  Spiegel, P., Kass, N. E. & Rubenstein, L. S., Jan 1 2019, (Accepted/In press) In: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access
  5 Scopus citations

• Global health, human rights, and the law

  Rubenstein, L. S. & Amon, J. J., Nov 30 2019, In: The Lancet. 394, 10213, p. 1987-1988 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access

• International failure in northwest Syria: humanitarian health catastrophe demands action

  Orcutt, M., Rayes, D., Tarakji, A., Katoub, M., Spiegel, P., Rubenstein, L., Jabbour, S., Alkhalil, M., Alabbas, M. & Abbara, A., Jul 13 2019, In: The Lancet. 394, 10193, p. 100-103 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
  5 Scopus citations
• 2018

  Clinical care and complicity with torture

  Berger, Z., Rubenstein, L. S. & Decamp, M., Feb 2 2018, In: BMJ (Online). 360, k449.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Complicity 100%
  • Torture 85%

• Death and suffering in Eastern Ghouta, Syria: a call for action to protect civilians and health care

  Jabbour, S., Fouad, F. M., Leaning, J., McKay, D., Nasser, R., Rubenstein, L. S., Sparrow, A., Spiegel, P., Tarakji, A., Waldman, R., Hallam, R., Mukwege, D. & Tayara, G., Mar 3 2018, In: The Lancet. 391, 10123, p. 815-817 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
  5 Scopus citations

• Determining the scope of attacks on health in four governorates of Syria in 2016: Results of a field surveillance program

  Haar, R. J., Risko, C. B., Singh, S., Rayes, D., Albaik, A., Alnajar, M., Kewara, M., Clouse, E., Baker, E. & Rubenstein, L. S., Apr 2018, In: PLoS medicine. 15, 4, e1002559.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Syria 100%
  • Medical Societies 71%
  • Health Facilities 46%
  • Human Rights 42%
  • Delivery of Health Care 39%
  12 Scopus citations

• Forced anal examinations to ascertain sexual orientation and sexual behavior: An abusive and medically unsound practice

  Cichowitz, C., Rubenstein, L. & Beyrer, C., Mar 2018, In: PLoS medicine. 15, 3, e1002536.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Scopus citations

• Protecting health care in armed conflict: action towards accountability

  Taylor, G. P., Castro, I., Rebergen, C., Rycroft, M., Nuwayhid, I., Rubenstein, L., Tarakji, A., Modirzadeh, N., Venters, H. & Jabbour, S., Apr 14 2018, In: The Lancet. 391, 10129, p. 1477-1478 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  2 Scopus citations

• Qualitative accounts from Syrian health professionals regarding violations of the right to health, including the use of chemical weapons, in opposition-held Syria

  Footer, K. H. A., Clouse, E., Rayes, DI., Sahloul, Z. & Rubenstein, L. S., Aug 1 2018, In: BMJ open. 8, 8, e021096.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Syria 100%
  • Right to Health 95%
  • Weapons 81%
  • Occupational Groups 33%
  • Health 31%
  8 Scopus citations

• Review of attacks on health care facilities in six conflicts of the past three decades

  Briody, C., Rubenstein, L., Roberts, L., Penney, E., Keenan, W. & Horbar, J., May 2 2018, In: Conflict and Health. 12, 1, 19.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Syria 100%
  • Health care facility 87%
  • Health Facilities 69%
  • Yemen 65%
  • Iraq 40%
  17 Scopus citations

• The UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move

  UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health, Dec 15 2018, In: The Lancet. 392, 10164, p. 2606-2654 49 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
  197 Scopus citations
• 2017

  Attacks on health facilities and health workers: time for the Security Council to act

  Rubenstein, L., Jun 3 2017, In: The Lancet. 389, 10085, p. 2189 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Scopus citations

• The academic case for repealing Trump's refugee and travel ban

  Spiegel, P. & Rubenstein, L., Feb 18 2017, In: The Lancet. 389, 10070, p. 679-680 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
  5 Scopus citations

• The revised US refugee ban, health, and security

  Rubenstein, L. & Spiegel, P., Mar 25 2017, In: The Lancet. 389, 10075, p. 1189-1190 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations
• 2016

  Advancing Medical Professionalism in US Military Detainee Treatment

  Rubenstein, L. S., Allen, S. A. & Guze, P. A., 2016, In: PLoS medicine. 13, 1, e1001930.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  2 Scopus citations

• Comprehensive development and testing of the ASIST-GBV, a screening tool for responding to gender-based violence among women in humanitarian settings

  Wirtz, A. L., Glass, N., Pham, K., Perrin, N., Rubenstein, L. S., Singh, S. & Vu, A., Apr 20 2016, In: Conflict and Health. 10, 1, 71.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Gender-Based Violence 100%
  • Refugees 42%
  • violence 38%
  • gender 29%
  • Colombia 20%
  9 Scopus citations

• HIV, prisoners, and human rights

  Rubenstein, L. S., Amon, J. J., McLemore, M., Eba, P., Dolan, K., Lines, R. & Beyrer, C., Sep 17 2016, In: The Lancet. 388, 10050, p. 1202-1214 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Human Rights 100%
  • Prisoners 98%
  • Prisons 92%
  • HIV 52%
  • Hepatitis 24%
  48 Scopus citations

• Psychometric properties and reliability of the Assessment Screen to Identify Survivors Toolkit for Gender Based Violence (ASIST-GBV): Results from humanitarian settings in Ethiopia and Colombia

  Vu, A., Wirtz, A., Pham, K., Singh, S., Rubenstein, L., Glass, N. & Perrin, N., Feb 9 2016, In: Conflict and Health. 10, 1, 68.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Gender-Based Violence 100%
  • Colombia 71%
  • Ethiopia 70%
  • Psychometrics 56%
  • Survivors 52%
  2 Scopus citations
• 2015

  Child health in Syria: Recognising the lasting effects of warfare on health

  Devakumar, D., Birch, M., Rubenstein, L. S., Osrin, D., Sondorp, E. & Wells, J. C. K., Nov 3 2015, In: Conflict and Health. 9, 1, 61.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Syria 100%
  • Armed Conflicts 70%
  • warfare 66%
  • Child health 66%
  • Health 31%
  25 Scopus citations

• Counterterrorism policies and practices: Health and values at stake

  Eckenwiler, L., Hunt, M., Ahmad, A., Calain, P., Dawson, A., Goodin, R., Messelken, D., Rubenstein, L. & Wild, V., Oct 2015, In: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 93, 10, p. 737-738 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  4 Scopus citations

• Global health and security in the age of counterterrorism

  Rubenstein, L. S., Feb 16 2015, In: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 108, 2, p. 49-52 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  7 Scopus citations
• 2014

  Attacks on medical personnel in Turkey: Call for the Turkish government to respect medical workers' duty to provide medical care to those in need

  Iacopino, V., Nathanson, V., Kloiber, O., Sheather, J., Heisler, M., Dunevant, D. D., Young, E., Moreno, A., Nee, E., Mungherera, M., Beger, B., Fjeldsted, K., Montgomery, F. U., Reiter, M., Rubenstein, L., Van Es, A., Hall, P., Menon, M. & Adams, E., Mar 7 2014, In: BMJ (Online). 348, g2027.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• A way forward in protecting health services in conflict: Moving beyond the humanitarian paradigm

  Rubenstein, L. S., Jun 2014, In: International Review of the Red Cross. 95, 890, p. 331-340 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • humanitarian aid 100%
  • health service 62%
  • aid agency 50%
  • paradigm 50%
  • violence 48%
  7 Scopus citations

• Gender-based violence in conflict and displacement: Qualitative findings from displaced women in Colombia

  Wirtz, A. L., Pham, K., Glass, N., Loochkartt, S., Kidane, T., Cuspoca, D., Rubenstein, L. S., Singh, S. & Vu, A., Jul 11 2014, In: Conflict and Health. 8, 1, 10.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Gender-Based Violence 100%
  • Colombia 71%
  • violence 38%
  • Refugees 29%
  • gender 29%
  33 Scopus citations