Expanded definitions of the 'good death'? Race, ethnicity and medical aid in dying
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2249555 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C L Cain (0000-0002-5149-3592, Department of Sociology University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham Alabama USA, corresponding author), Sara Mccleskey (Department of Health Policy and Management University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles California USA), Sara G McCleskey (0000-0001-8974-3270, University of California, Los Angeles) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1175-1191 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9566.12903 |
| PMID | 30950077 |
| OpenAlex | W2927903529 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 66 |
The range of end-of-life options is expanding across North America. Specifically, medical aid in dying (AID), or the process by which a patient with a terminal illness may request medical assistance with hastening death, has recently become legal in eight jurisdictions in the United States and all of Canada. Debates about AID often rely on cultural constructions that define some deaths as 'good' and others as 'bad'. While research has found commonalities in how patients, family members and health care providers define good and bad deaths, these constructions likely vary across social groups. Because of this, the extent to which AID is seen as a route to the good death also likely varies across social groups. In this article, we analyse qualitative data from six focus groups (n = 39) across three racial and ethnic groups: African American, Latino and white Californians, just after a medical AID law was passed. We find that definitions of the 'good death' are nuanced within and between groups, suggesting that different groups evaluate medical AID in part through complex ideas about dying. These findings further conversations about racial and ethnic differences in choices about end-of-life options
Ethnic group · Focus group · Good death · Health care · Mutual aid · Palliative care · Political science · Qualitative research · Race (biology) · Racial group · Social science · Sociology · White (mutation) · Gender Studies · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Patient Dignity and Privacy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
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| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |