Loading ...Emma’s story was reported in Out of the Shadows at Last:Transforming Mental Health,Mental Illness and Addiction Services in Canada (The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs,Science and Technology). It included two parts –‘The way it is’and ‘The way it could be’.
To read Emma’s story …the way it is,click HERE.
What follows is a true story,a personal history provided to the Committee by Emmy (not her real name),a person affected by a mental illness. Emma’s words and expressions have been changed slightly but it remains her story. It describes how she and her family have been dealt with by the current health care and social services “system” through six episodes of acute illness. Emmy’s story “The Way It Is” describes how things actually work and don’t work for the great majority of Canadians with mental illness.
To read Emma’s story …the way it could be in a ‘transformed system’,click HERE.
Read Emma’s story the way it could be — based on how she,her family
and the members of this Committee would hope and expect her to be treated in a
transformed system “The Way it Should Be” reflects what we hope will be created by
implementation of the recommendations in this Report.
I have added – ’Emma’s story had she had the support of a faith community’. To read it, click HERE.
What if Emma had had the support of a faith community throughout her life? How might that have changed her life?
Learn about some of the moral dilemmas Emma and her care givers had to address:
- DUTY. Board Chair (Arthur):duty to do the right thing. Click HERE.
- DUTY. Board Chair (Arthur):conflict of duties,motives and interests. Click HERE.
- RIGHT. Emma:Does Emma have a moral right and/or a legal right for access to mental health services? Click HERE.
- MOTIVE. Board Chair (Arthur):The desire to do what is the right thing to do. Click HERE.
- DESERT. Board Chair (Arthur):What is required to deserve a reward?. Click HERE.
- JUST. Board:Not all right acts are just but all just acts are right. click HERE.
