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Digitale Medien

Surrogate decision-making: The elderly's familial expectations (1987)

High, Dallas M. ; Turner, Howard B.

Springer

Theoretical medicine and bioethics 8 (1987), S. 303-320

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ISSN: 1573-1200

Schlagwort(e): Autonomy ; Surrogate ; Familial expectations ; Decisional incapacity ; Legal authority ; Decision-making ; Elderly

Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000

Thema: Medizin , Philosophie

Notizen: Abstract This essay explores the preferences, anticipations and expectations of the elderly regarding the role of family members in making health care decisions for them should they become decisionally incapacitated. Findings are presented from a series of in-depth interviews of men and women aged 67–91 years. Following a discussion of the uncertain legal status of familial surrogate decision-making, we argue that the family unit's autonomy is sufficient to justify the elderly's preferred reliance on their own family. Further, we suggest that social and legal policy changes should facilitate, rather than impede, familial decision-making.

Materialart: Digitale Medien

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00489466

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