Thank you, Madam Chair.
I would like to welcome all the witnesses and thank them for being with us.
My question is for Dr. Poirier.
We are in a time of constant change. We have to adopt a position taking into account the interaction between the concepts of autonomy, suffering and vulnerability. You told us that you had two parents who had a diagnosis of Alzheimer. My mother-in-law is currently hospitalized in a nursing home; she sleeps about 23 hours out of 24. She is restrained in a geriatric chair.
You spoke a lot about Alzheimer; could advance directives also be possible for other neurodegenerative conditions such as frontal lobe dementia, for example?