@article{ref1,
title="Right-to-Die Legislation: A Note on Factors Associated with Its Adoption",
journal="Sociological spectrum",
year="2013",
author="Titterington, V.B. and Rivolta, P.M. and Schraufnagel, S.",
volume="33",
number="4",
pages="358-373",
abstract="Legislation allowing for some form of death prior to it naturally occurring presently exists in very few industrial democracies. This article explores what large-scale economic and social factors may be associated with the legality of right-do-die measures, namely, a nation's health care expenditures, the old-age dependency ratio, religious pluralism, and homicide and suicide rates. Using data from several sources, we find an association among these factors and right-to-die legislation. Four of the six countries with recent experience of legalized physician-aided death ranked in the top 50% of countries on our combined measure of the five factors under examination. Implications of this study and suggestions for future research of this timely issue are discussed. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0273-2173",
doi="10.1080/02732173.2013.732893",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02732173.2013.732893"
}