The Chronic Silence of Political Parties in End of Life Policymaking in the United States - Bianca Easterly

The Chronic Silence of Political Parties in End of Life Policymaking in the United States

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Buch | Softcover
134 Seiten
2023
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-5610-1 (ISBN)
37,40 inkl. MwSt
Questions of whether and when life should end are controversial but are they also partisan? The Chronic Silence of Political Parties in End of Life Policymaking in the United States retraces the legislative history of the right to die movement to examine the impact of the absence of the two major political parties on the diffusion of innovation.
In recent decades, the level of moral acceptability of choice at the end of life has reached record highs. Legislative responsiveness to public opinion, however, has resulted in far fewer and much slower adoption patterns. For example, if a growing number of Americans support aid in dying legislation, why are so few states adopting them? While extensive research that explores matters of death and dying from the medical, legal, and religious perspectives exists, scholars have yet to consider the role of politics in explaining end of life policy adoption patterns. The Chronic Silence ofPolitical Parties in End of Life Policymaking in the United States retraces the right to die movement’s legislative history from its beginnings to the adoption and diffusion of its most recent innovations—the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Paradigm and death with dignity—to identify the various forces that hinder its progress.

Bianca Easterly is assistant professor of political science at Lamar University.

Chapter One – Historical Beginnings: The Policy Entrepreneurs of the Early Aid in Dying Movement



Chapter Two Modern Renewal



Chapter Three: Interest Groups



Chapter Four: The Courts



Chapter Five: Healthcare Coalitions



Chapter Six: End of Life Policies Today and Tomorrow

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 151 x 228 mm
Gewicht 195 g
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht Medizinrecht
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Staat / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-4985-5610-8 / 1498556108
ISBN-13 978-1-4985-5610-1 / 9781498556101
Zustand Neuware
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