This is the contents of an email I wrote
| Oct 28, 2020, 4:32 PM |  Reply | ||
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From GPC:
The minutes from the September 10 2019 meeting of the residents' council for the George Pearson Centre give us a further example of the indignity of living in a congregative institution. The second item of business from the manager's report is a notice regarding Do No Resuscitate Orders. DNRS tags have been "affixed" to the back of the wheelchairs of those residents who agreed to a Do Not Resuscitate Order. DNRs are personal health-care decisions. Having them located on the back of your wheelchair means that everyone you come into contact with including strangers, will know one of the most personal decisions you have made. Institutional life strips you of your dignity, your rights and your autonomy. You are reduced to a DNR tag on the back of a wheelchair.
