TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Right-to-Die Legislation: A Note on Factors Associated with Its Adoption
JO  - Sociological spectrum
A1  - Titterington, V.B.
A1  - Rivolta, P.M.
A1  - Schraufnagel, S.
SP  - 358
EP  - 373
VL  - 33
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0273-2173
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02732173.2013.732893
ID  - ref1
ER  -