Should a School Honor a Student's DNR Order? an Educator Responds: A School's Interest in Denying the Request

Abstract

My goal in this commentary is to try to construct a picture of the interests of school officials in considering the request of S.A. and her family. It is not clear from the case presentation whether one or more administrators were responsible for the decision not to honor S.A.'s request; I will call the decision maker "ADMIN," who may be regarded as an individual or a corporate body. I will try to make sense of ADMIN's decision by exploring some plausible lines of argument for it that seem worthy of consideration, even though I may not accept any or all of them....