Patient Rights at the End of Life
Tuesday, 12/3/2019 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Scholar lecture at COCC addresses end-of-life rights
The laws and policies affecting terminally ill patients are the topic of a Nancy R.
Chandler Visiting Scholar Program presentation at Central Oregon Community College
at 6:30 p.m., on Tuesday, Dec. 3, in the Coats Campus Center’s Wille Hall. Kathryn
L. Tucker, J.D., will discuss “Patient Rights at the End of Life: The Evolving Landscape
of Law, Medicine & Policy,” and tickets to this COCC Foundation event are $10; visit
cocc.edu/foundation.
Tucker’s presentation will cover the history and evolution of laws surrounding end-of-life
care, and touch on aspects – from access to autonomy – that patients face to ensure
that a journey through terminal illness is consistent with a person’s preferences,
values and beliefs.
The executive director of the End of Life Liberty Project, Tucker has been a leading
force in the effort to protect and expand the rights of terminally ill patients in
the U.S. for more than 25 years. She has argued a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme
Court related to rights at the end of life. She played a key role in successfully
defending the Oregon Death with Dignity Act. Tucker has held faculty appointments
in the law schools of Loyola-Los Angeles, University of Washington, Seattle University
and Lewis & Clark College, and she was a Fulbright Foundation law scholar in New Zealand.
For more information on this event, contact Charlotte Gilbride, coordinator for the
Foundation’s Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program, at 541-383-7257 or cgilbride@cocc.edu. This event is sponsored by the Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund and Associated Students
of COCC.
In advance of college events, persons needing accommodation or transportation because
of a physical or mobility disability, contact Joe Viola at 541-383-7775. For accommodation
because of other disability such as hearing impairment, contact Disability Services
at 541-383-7583.
