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The chronic silence of political parties in end of life policymaking in the United States / Bianca Easterly.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Easterly, Bianca, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Euthanasia--Government policy--United States--History.
- Euthanasia.
- Terminal care--Government policy--United States--History.
- Terminal care.
- Right to die--Law and legislation--United States--History.
- Right to die.
- Medical policy--United States--History.
- Medical policy.
- Political parties--United States--History.
- Political parties.
- Euthanasia--Government policy.
- Right to die--Law and legislation.
- Terminal care--Government policy.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 113 pages)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2019.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2019]
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-9787-3097-7
- 1-4985-5609-4
- OCLC:
- 1096235732
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