The Right to Die : Policy Innovation and Its Consequences / Henry R. Glick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glick, Henry R., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1992]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Presents the political story of the right to die and how it developed in the 1940's and then became a controversial issue in the 1980's and 1990's . Looks at when and why the issue received media attention and reached the Supreme Court and Congress.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Death, Technology, and Politics

2. Agenda Setting and Innovation in State Politics

3. The Rise of the Right to Die Issue

4. Three Paths to Innovation

5. The Right to Die in Court

6. Lawmaking and the Right to Die

7. A National Right to Die?

Notes

Case References

General References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88982-8

OCLC:

1036849944