02966nam 22005894a 450 991095901080332120251117115546.01-59332-021-3(CKB)111087028316798(OCoLC)228042411(CaPaEBR)ebrary10044279(SSID)ssj0000238367(PQKBManifestationID)11221140(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238367(PQKBWorkID)10223112(PQKB)11326215(MiAaPQ)EBC3016704(Au-PeEL)EBL3016704(CaPaEBR)ebr10044279(OCoLC)52778554(BIP)9023682(BIP)7851305(EXLCZ)9911108702831679820020701d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrRight-to-die policies in the American states judicial and legislative innovation /J. Donald SmithNew York LFB Scholarly Pub.20021 online resource (322 p.) American legal institutionsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-931202-40-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-301) and index.Medical decision-making and the terminally ill -- A theory of policy adoption and reinvention -- Research design and methods -- Legislative innovation and reinvention -- Judicial innovation and reinvention -- Judicial and legislative interaction -- Conclusion.Citing cases illustrating the contentious legal issues that modern medicine's ability to prolong the dying process has raised for end-of- life medical decision-making, Smith (political science, U. of North Texas) overviews the history of the US right-to-die movement, and the link between legislative and judicial policies. Applying event history analysis and his typology of policy innovations in a rare empirical study of the diffusion of judicial doctrines and policies, he seeks to explain the determinants of states' permissive policy adoption and reinvention via study of right- to-die policies of the late 1970s to 1994 relating to living will, proxy, and surrogate laws/statutes. Policy salience was found to be a crucial variable. Appends a listing of right-to-die statutes by State, and methodological notes. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, ORAmerican legal institutions.Right to dieUnited StatesStatesRight to dieGovernment policyUnited StatesStatesRight to dieStates.Right to dieGovernment policyStates.344.73/04197Smith J. Donald1969-1861030MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959010803321Right-to-die policies in the American states4467046UNINA