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Overview

Peter J. May is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. They have contributed extensively to research in Medicine and Health Professions, with a focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Health, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics of Peter J. May's work include:

  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Frailty in Older Adults

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter J. May are:

  • "Making sense of the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic response: A policy regime perspective" (2020), Administrative Theory & Praxis
  • "Mortality risk associated with combinations of loneliness and social isolation. Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)" (2021), Age and Ageing
  • "Effect of a Home-Based, Walking Exercise Behavior Change Intervention vs Usual Care on Walking in Adults With Peripheral Artery Disease" (2022), JAMA
  • "End-of-life experience for older adults in Ireland: results from the Irish longitudinal study on ageing (TILDA)" (2020), BMC Health Services Research
  • "Linking death registration and survey data: Procedures and cohort profile for The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)" (2020), HRB Open Research

Frequent co-authors of Peter J. May include:

  • Charles Normand
  • Rose Anne Kenny
  • Soraya Matthews
  • M.D. Ward
  • Bridget Johnston

The most common venues for their publications are:

  • HRB Open Research (12 publications)
  • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (6 publications)
  • BMC Health Services Research (3 publications)
  • European Journal of Public Health (3 publications)
  • Regulation & Governance (3 publications)

Peter J. May has also contributed to book publications, including works published by BCU, IUCN eBooks, and Rowman & Littlefield. Notable book titles include Source-to-sea and landscape approaches (2021), From restoration to responsive governance (2021), Abordagens fonte-mar e de paisagem (2021), Da restauração à governança responsiva (2021), and Changing the Course (2024).

Best Publications

  • Policy Learning and Failure

    Peter J. May

  • Politicians, Managers, and Street-Level Bureaucrats: Influences on Policy Implementation

    Peter J. May;Søren C. Winter

  • Motivation for Compliance with Environmental Regulations

    Søren C. Winter;Peter J. May

  • Reconsidering Policy Design: Policies and Publics

    Peter J. May

  • Unleashing the Power of Planning to Create Disaster-Resistant Communities

    Raymond J. Burby;Timothy Beatley;Philip R. Berke;Robert E. Deyle

  • Making Governments Plan: State Experiments in Managing Land Use

    Raymond J. Burby;Peter J. May;Philip R. Berke

  • Policy coherence and policy domains

    Peter J. May;Joshua Sapotichne;Samuel G Workman

  • Beyond Subsystems: Policy Regimes and Governance

    Ashley E. Jochim;Peter J. May

  • Policy Regime Perspectives: Policies, Politics, and Governing

    Peter J. May;Ashley E. Jochim

  • Regulatory regimes and accountability

    Peter J. May

  • At the Regulatory Front Lines: Inspectors' Enforcement Styles and Regulatory Compliance

    Peter J. May;Robert S. Wood

  • Compliance Motivations: Affirmative and Negative Bases

    Peter J. May

  • Regulation and Compliance Motivations: Examining Different Approaches

    Peter J. May

  • Environmental management and governance: intergovernmental approaches to hazards and sustainability.

    P. J. May;R. J. Burby;N. J. Ericksen;J. W. Handmer

  • Reconsidering Styles of Regulatory Enforcement: Patterns in Danish Agro‐Environmental Inspection

    Peter May;Soren Winter

  • Environmental management and governance : intergovernmental approaches to hazards and sustainability

    Raymond Burby;Jennifer Dixon;Neil Ericksen;John Handmer

  • Recovering From Catastrophes: Federal Disaster Relief Policy and Politics

    Peter J. May

  • IntergovernmentalEnvironmental Planning: Addressing the Commitment Conundrum

    Raymond J. Burby;Peter J. May

  • Policy Design and Implementation

    Peter J. May

  • Constructing Homeland Security: An Anemic Policy Regime

    Peter J. May;Ashley E. Jochim;Joshua Sapotichne

  • Improving Compliance with Regulations: Choices and Outcomes for Local Government

    Raymond J. Burby;Peter J. May;Robert C. Paterson

Frequent Co-Authors

Raymond J. Burby
Raymond J. Burby University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bryan D. Jones
Bryan D. Jones The University of Texas at Austin
Philip R. Berke
Philip R. Berke University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Howard Kunreuther
Howard Kunreuther University of Pennsylvania
Peter Hupe
Peter Hupe KU Leuven

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