Dallas M High
Biographic Data
| ID | 254277 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dallas M High |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dallas M |
| FAMILY NAME | High |
| SIGNATURE | HIGH D M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kentucky |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Nursing home residents, families, and decision making: Toward an understanding of progressive surrogacy
Families' Roles in Advance Directives
In general, a presumption in favor of families for surrogate decisionmaking exists in law and in some ethical argument. Although alternative marriages, alternative lifestyles, and changes in the meaning of nuclear family necessitate a contextual understanding of the term that includes partners and friends, it is relatively easy to marshal conventional theoretical arguments for the presumptive authority of family surrogates. Among them, families a…
Why are Elderly People Not Using Advance Directives
Although advance directives for health care are widely advocated, usage rates among the elderly are low. Reported is a study testing comparative educational strategies to increase the use of advance directives among elderly persons ages 65 to 93. Follow-up interviews (n = 293) with intervention participants and controls showed that only 1 of 6 different strategies increased use. Neither lack of information nor simple procrastination were found as…
Who will Make Health Care Decisions for Me when I can't
Medical professionals are increasingly faced with ethical dilemmas of caring for older patients who are decisionally incapacitated. Most often they rely on family to serve as surrogate decision makers. Does that practice agree with the preferences of the elderly themselves? Examined are the exploratory and qualitative findings of a sample of men and women, age 65 to 91 (N = 71). Comparisons are made between those elderly who have families and tho…
Old and alone: Surrogate health care decision-making for the elderly without families
Wittgenstein on Doubting and Groundless Believing
Journal Article Wittgenstein on Doubting and Groundless Believing Get access Dallas M. High Dallas M. High Dallas M. High is Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Kentucky. He is the author of Language, Persons and Belief (1967) and journal articles, and editor of New Essays on Religious Language (1969) and Medical Treatment of the Dying: Moral Issues (1978). An earlier form of this essay was presented at the AAR Southeastern R…
Is 'Natural Death' an Illusion
Naming the Whirlwind: The Renewal of God-Language
New Essays on Religious Language
Sense and Nonsense in Religion
Language, Persons, and Belief
Religion and Understanding
Language, Persons, and Belief: Studies in Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations and Religious Uses of Language
The Historian and the Believer
Nursing home residents, families, and decision making: Toward an understanding of progressive surrogacy
Language, Persons, and Belief
Who will Make Health Care Decisions for Me when I can't
Medical professionals are increasingly faced with ethical dilemmas of caring for older patients who are decisionally incapacitated. Most often they rely on family to serve as surrogate decision makers. Does that practice agree with the preferences of the elderly themselves? Examined are the exploratory and qualitative findings of a sample of men and women, age 65 to 91 (N = 71). Comparisons are made between those elderly who have families and tho…
Old and alone: Surrogate health care decision-making for the elderly without families
The Historian and the Believer
Religion and Understanding
Language, Persons, and Belief: Studies in Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations and Religious Uses of Language
Language, Persons, and Belief
Naming the Whirlwind: The Renewal of God-Language
New Essays on Religious Language
Sense and Nonsense in Religion
Is 'Natural Death' an Illusion
Wittgenstein on Doubting and Groundless Believing
Journal Article Wittgenstein on Doubting and Groundless Believing Get access Dallas M. High Dallas M. High Dallas M. High is Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Kentucky. He is the author of Language, Persons and Belief (1967) and journal articles, and editor of New Essays on Religious Language (1969) and Medical Treatment of the Dying: Moral Issues (1978). An earlier form of this essay was presented at the AAR Southeastern R…
Who will Make Health Care Decisions for Me when I can't
Medical professionals are increasingly faced with ethical dilemmas of caring for older patients who are decisionally incapacitated. Most often they rely on family to serve as surrogate decision makers. Does that practice agree with the preferences of the elderly themselves? Examined are the exploratory and qualitative findings of a sample of men and women, age 65 to 91 (N = 71). Comparisons are made between those elderly who have families and tho…
Old and alone: Surrogate health care decision-making for the elderly without families
Why are Elderly People Not Using Advance Directives
Although advance directives for health care are widely advocated, usage rates among the elderly are low. Reported is a study testing comparative educational strategies to increase the use of advance directives among elderly persons ages 65 to 93. Follow-up interviews (n = 293) with intervention participants and controls showed that only 1 of 6 different strategies increased use. Neither lack of information nor simple procrastination were found as…
Families' Roles in Advance Directives
In general, a presumption in favor of families for surrogate decisionmaking exists in law and in some ethical argument. Although alternative marriages, alternative lifestyles, and changes in the meaning of nuclear family necessitate a contextual understanding of the term that includes partners and friends, it is relatively easy to marshal conventional theoretical arguments for the presumptive authority of family surrogates. Among them, families a…
Nursing home residents, families, and decision making: Toward an understanding of progressive surrogacy
Philosophy (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (5 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Advance care planning (3 works) · Health care (3 works)