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"Requested death": a new social movement.

F McInerney1

  • 1Anne O'Byrne Centre, Tasmanian School of Nursing, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia. fran.mcinerney@utas.edu.au

Social Science & Medicine (1982)
|January 6, 2000
PubMed
Summary

This study examines the right-to-die movement, framing euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide as a global "requested death movement." It analyzes the movement

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Area of Science:

  • Sociology
  • Social Movement Theory
  • Thanatology

Background:

  • Right-to-die discussions traditionally excluded sociology.
  • Growing interest in end-of-life control and choice in the Western world this century.
  • Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are key topics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To offer a sociological framework for understanding the right-to-die.
  • To analyze end-of-life control and choice as a social movement.
  • To connect the requested death movement with 'new' social movement theories.

Main Methods:

  • Socio-historical approach.
  • Analysis of movement chronology, framing, activists, and mobilization.
  • Comparison with 'new' social movements emerging since the 1960s.

Main Results:

  • Identifies euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide as part of an international 'requested death movement'.
  • Traces the movement's development, framing, and mobilization.
  • Links the movement to 'new' social movements' focus on identity, privacy, and bodily autonomy.

Conclusions:

  • The requested death movement aligns with 'new' social movements resisting state control.
  • The movement centers on reclaiming identity, privacy, and individual corporeality.
  • This perspective enhances understanding of death, dying, and social movement theory.

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