Kathryn Tucker, JD

Executive Director of Disability Rights Legal Center, Director of End of Life Liberty Project. Patient rights advocate. Law Professor. Fulbright Specialist.

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For those in the End of Life Care domain, Steven Jenkinson's new book Die Wise is well worth a read.

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End of Life Liberty Project celebrates award of large, multiyear grant for advocacy to protect and expand end of life liberty!

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The problem of pain: Americans increasingly addicted to opioids, people in poor countries die in agony without them https://t.co/BU8NazfNp9

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Hoping for a great decision respecting end of life liberty from the NM Supreme Court #ELLP https://t.co/j0Nh3VoIFM

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Grant of review by the New Mexico Supreme Court http://t.co/0My0BMScCD #DRLC #ELLP #AidInDying #NewMexico

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Victory for patients who benefit from medical marijuana in CA with the decision of federal prosecutors to drop case against Oakland dispens.

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[WATCH] A push for balanced drug policy is transforming pain relief in India: https://t.co/V2Uqug6Sp0 via @opensociety

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Palliative care nurses conference in Kerala – the first ever https://t.co/kMgctsw7ke via @palliumindia

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CA End of Life Options Act goes into effect 6/9/16; DRLC will continue litigation seeking to strike overly intrusive provisions. ELLP#

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Jeff Toobin nails Justice Scalia in this week's New Yorker, w/o even mentioning Scalia's hostility to End of Life Liberty. #ELLP

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DRLC w/U La Verne represents young boy with mobility impairment denied access to amusement park rides, ensuring his ability to enjoy

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@ULaVerne @ULaVerneLaw @DisabilityRLC

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Great hearing before NY appellate division today in aid in dying case: may justice open the courthouse door to end of life liberty #ELLP

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Great to see California Medical Association issuing guidance to physicians providing aid in dying, enhancing end of life liberty #ELLP

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"Choices about death touch the core of liberty . . . . " aptly stated by US Supreme Court Justice Stevens: animates the work of #ELLP

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May justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
#ELLP

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End of life liberty coast to coast hearings in CA and NY court cases coming up to expand access to aid in dying. #ELLP

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Brief filed in our case seeking to establish access to aid in dying in CA. Hearing on 1/28 #ELLP

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Medicare finally reimburses physicians for advance care planning counseling! Discuss end of life care options w/your doctor!

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@mr_wilson562 please educate yourself about life long disability caused by concussion. see the movie!