Barak Gaster
Biographic Data
| ID | 6458911 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barak Gaster |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barak |
| FAMILY NAME | Gaster |
| SIGNATURE | GASTER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | 4412 Cabrillo Street, San Francisco, California 94121, USA. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Guiding the Future
When people lose capacity to make a medical decision, the standard is to assess what their preferences would have been and try to honor their wishes. Dementia raises a special case in such situations, given its long, progressive trajectory during which others must make substituted judgments. The question of how to help surrogates make better‐informed decisions has led to the development of dementia‐specific advance directives, in which people are…
What Makes a Better Life for People Facing Dementia? Toward Dementia‐Friendly Health and Social Policy, Medical Care, and Community Support in the United States
Taking steps to build a more dementia‐friendly society is essential for addressing the needs of people experiencing dementia. Initiatives that improve the quality of life for those living with dementia are needed to lessen controllable factors that can negatively influence how people envision a future trajectory of dementia for themselves. Programs that provide better funding and better coordination for care support would lessen caregiver burden …
Assimilation of Scientific Change
This paper analyzes the diffusion of the molecular revolution in biology to the level of general undergraduate texts, by focusing on five influential titles which went through multiple editions between 1950 and 1970. Such an analysis reveals that, during this period, textbooks were transformed, not only by the molecular revolution, but by complex social and economic trends. These include the reform of science curricula, and the maturation of the …
Assimilation of Scientific Change
This paper analyzes the diffusion of the molecular revolution in biology to the level of general undergraduate texts, by focusing on five influential titles which went through multiple editions between 1950 and 1970. Such an analysis reveals that, during this period, textbooks were transformed, not only by the molecular revolution, but by complex social and economic trends. These include the reform of science curricula, and the maturation of the …
Assimilation of Scientific Change
This paper analyzes the diffusion of the molecular revolution in biology to the level of general undergraduate texts, by focusing on five influential titles which went through multiple editions between 1950 and 1970. Such an analysis reveals that, during this period, textbooks were transformed, not only by the molecular revolution, but by complex social and economic trends. These include the reform of science curricula, and the maturation of the …
Guiding the Future
When people lose capacity to make a medical decision, the standard is to assess what their preferences would have been and try to honor their wishes. Dementia raises a special case in such situations, given its long, progressive trajectory during which others must make substituted judgments. The question of how to help surrogates make better‐informed decisions has led to the development of dementia‐specific advance directives, in which people are…
What Makes a Better Life for People Facing Dementia? Toward Dementia‐Friendly Health and Social Policy, Medical Care, and Community Support in the United States
Taking steps to build a more dementia‐friendly society is essential for addressing the needs of people experiencing dementia. Initiatives that improve the quality of life for those living with dementia are needed to lessen controllable factors that can negatively influence how people envision a future trajectory of dementia for themselves. Programs that provide better funding and better coordination for care support would lessen caregiver burden …
Dementia (2 works) · Disease (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Character (mathematics (1 work) · Cognitive reframing (1 work)