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Description
xxvi, 113 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Politics of death -- Historical beginnings : the policy entrepreneurs of the early aid in dying movement -- Modern renewal -- Interest groups -- The courts -- Healthcare coalitions -- End of life policies today and tomorrow.
