Author:
Easterly, Bianca, author.
ImprintLanham : Lexington Books, [2019]
Descriptionxxvi, 113 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note: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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-106) and index.
Note:"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.
