Occasionally, we will post a question/reflection on social roles. Roles are obviously a fulcrum point for understanding, teaching and applying Social Role Valorization. It can be helpful to think about one’s own roles as a… Read More »Reflect on roles: access to the good things of life
Occasionally we will post about a book relevant to Social Role Valorization–sometimes a new book, sometimes an older and still relevant one. If you have suggestions for such items or comments on the titles we… Read More »Book notice #1
Thanks to Guy Caruso for sending me notice of this link to the text and video of a speech given by Dr. Burton Blatt in 1984 in Pittsburgh. It is 6 parts, so you have… Read More »video of speech by Dr. Burton Blatt
Steve Tiffany sent me links to two articles (here and here) in The Gazette which describe recent deaths of patients in Quebec (Canada) emergency rooms, largely due to lack of care related to overcrowding. Most… Read More »Overcrowded emergency rooms
This looks like an interesting article, at least from the abstract. Can a reader access it and then report on it? I do not have access to the full article.
Alex Schadenberg, executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition in Toronto, regularly blogs on topics related to the vulnerability and deathmaking of socially devalued people.