Iannantuoni, Rebecca, Rock, Emily B., and Gluck, Abbe R.
Subjects
*HOLISTIC medicine, *NURSES, *CLERGY, *COMMUNICATIVE competence, *PALLIATIVE treatment, *INTERPROFESSIONAL relations, *SOCIAL workers, *MEDICAL care, *CULTURAL competence, *LAWYERS, *QUALITY of life, *PHYSICIANS, *HEALTH care teams, *PROFESSIONAL-student relations, *SECONDARY traumatic stress, *WELL-being
Abstract
Palliative care and medical-legal partnership are complementary disciplines dedicated to integrating care to treat the whole patient and intervening before a legal or medical issue is at a crisis point. In this paper, we discuss the founding and operations of the Yale Palliative Medical Legal Partnership, give examples of typical cases, explain special considerations in this area of law, and propose areas for further research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
This study examines the impact of repealing Sunday blue laws on alcohol sales and retail competition, focusing on Connecticut's 2012 policy change allowing Sunday beer sales in grocery stores. Using nationwide data from 2004 to 2021, we find a short-term increase in beer sales post-policy change, but no significant long-term economic effects on grocery and liquor stores. Our analysis also shows similar treatment effects for chain and standalone liquor retailers, suggesting limited lasting implications for the liquor retail industry's performance and conduct after Sunday sale restrictions were lifted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Huber, Gregory A., Gerber, Alan S., Biggers, Daniel R., and Hendry, David J.
Subjects
ELECTIONS, LOCAL elections, PARTICIPATION, POLITICAL campaigns, INCENTIVE (Psychology), VOTER turnout, MOTIVATION (Psychology)
Abstract
Political campaigns frequently emphasize the material stakes at play in election outcomes to motivate participation. However, field-experimental academic work has given greater attention to other aspects of voters' decisions to participate despite theoretical models of turnout and substantial observational work signaling that a contest's perceived importance affects the propensity to vote. We identify two classes of treatments that may increase the material incentive to participate and test these messages in a large-scale placebo-controlled field experiment in which approximately 24,500 treatment letters were delivered during Connecticut's 2013 municipal elections. We find some evidence that these messages are effective in increasing participation, as well as that some of them may be more effective than typical nonpartisan get-out-the-vote appeals. While these results remain somewhat preliminary, our findings have important implications for our understanding of how voters decide whether to participate and how best to mobilize citizens who would otherwise sit out elections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]