Executive Director of Disability Rights Legal Center, Director of End of Life Liberty Project. Patient rights advocate. Law Professor. Fulbright Specialist.
Joined December 2015
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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.
End of Life Liberty Project celebrates award of large, multiyear grant for advocacy to protect and expand end of life liberty!
Hoping for a great decision respecting end of life liberty from the NM Supreme Court #ELLP xitter.cf/DisabilityRLC/status/6…
Grant of review by the New Mexico Supreme Court tinyurl.com/qflqms7 #DRLC #ELLP #AidInDying #NewMexico
Victory for patients who benefit from medical marijuana in CA with the decision of federal prosecutors to drop case against Oakland dispens.
[WATCH] A push for balanced drug policy is transforming pain relief in India: osf.to/1Rs7ckc via @opensociety
Palliative care nurses conference in Kerala – the first ever palliumindia.org/2016/04/pal… via @palliumindia
CA End of Life Options Act goes into effect 6/9/16; DRLC will continue litigation seeking to strike overly intrusive provisions. ELLP#
Jeff Toobin nails Justice Scalia in this week's New Yorker, w/o even mentioning Scalia's hostility to End of Life Liberty. #ELLP
DRLC w/U La Verne represents young boy with mobility impairment denied access to amusement park rides, ensuring his ability to enjoy
Great hearing before NY appellate division today in aid in dying case: may justice open the courthouse door to end of life liberty #ELLP
Great to see California Medical Association issuing guidance to physicians providing aid in dying, enhancing end of life liberty #ELLP
"Choices about death touch the core of liberty . . . . " aptly stated by US Supreme Court Justice Stevens: animates the work of #ELLP
End of life liberty coast to coast hearings in CA and NY court cases coming up to expand access to aid in dying. #ELLP
Brief filed in our case seeking to establish access to aid in dying in CA. Hearing on 1/28 #ELLP
Medicare finally reimburses physicians for advance care planning counseling! Discuss end of life care options w/your doctor!
Wouldn't it be great if a President in the State of the Union address spoke in support of the civil rights of terminally ill patients ?
Canada ought not delay access to physician assisted dying an additional 6 months. Dying patients need access to this compassionate option!
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Awaiting New Mexico Supreme Court ruling in a case seeking to expand end of life liberty #ELLP