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The Chronic Silence of Political Parties in End of Life Policymaking in the United States
Bianca Easterly
出版Lexington Books, 2019-06-04
主題Political Science / Public Policy / GeneralLaw / Right to Die
ISBN14985560949781498556095
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=6Hm6DwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.