The Politics of Physician Assisted Suicide
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Begins with a look at existing policy options concerning patient autonomy and the extent to which they have been effective, then addresses the courts and their activities regarding the right to die. Discussion of the conceptual framework for the study policy-making by default is followed by analysis of individual vs. interest group behavior, and pr
First published in 1997. Nina Clark offers a pithy and valuable record of the political battles so far over voluntary, medically-hastened death. The purpose of the study is to examine the different ways in which the American political system has responded to the issue of patient autonomy; to explore its viability as an object of direct democracy; and to study the political activity and attitudes of individuals in relation to physician assisted suicide, particularly the elderly.
