Living Will (2018)
Produced by
The Living Will Company
Presented by
The Toronto Fringe Festival
Playwright: Helen-Claire Tingling
Director: Jillian Rees-Brown
Venue
Factory Mainspace Theatre
Run
July 6th, 2018 – July 15th, 2018
Synopsis
iving Will challenges assumptions about the authority of the State over the individual; and looks at the complicated issues surrounding so-called “Living Will” documents and the problems inherent in their execution. The play raises the ethical issues surrounding the right to autonomy within the health-care system, the legal right to choose proxy for health-care, the right to refuse treatment; and ultimately, the right to die. Obliquely, Living Will points out flaws in the education and acculturation of health-care professionals. Systemic problems are exposed through the words and actions of the hospital representatives, including the doctor, social worker and ethicist. (fringetoronto.com)
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