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101. Case: A Question from Family About Outcomes

You are caring for a patient following a severe stroke. The attending physician has been very clear with the family that it is unlikely that the patient will survive and…
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100. Case: Chatting About Hopes and Goals

You are a social worker who is part of a rehab team. During lunch, the conversation turns to one of the patients that you and your team is working with….
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99. Case: Discussion with Staff on New Scheduling

You are the manager of an outpatient clinic that serves patients from throughout the Maritimes. Many of these patients travel for their appointments and are trying to minimize time away…
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98. Case: Talking About an Adverse Event

You are a respiratory therapist working in a large hospital seeing a range of patients, but primarily working with the teams in the Emergency Department and ICU. With one complex…
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97. Case: A Conversation About Vaccination with a New Parent

You are a nurse practitioner working in a family practice. A first-time parent brings their child in for a 2-month checkup. The parent seems nervous when vaccines are mentioned as…
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96. Case: Surgery, Supported Decision Making and Capacity

Alex is a 27 year old resident in a supported living facility. She has a diagnosis of developmental delay. She is close with her younger brother, Anton. Alex has identified…
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95. Case: MAiD and Depressive Disorder

An assumption for the purposes of the case – these circumstances are happening in the perhaps not-too-distant future after the Supreme Court of Canada has struck down Bill C-14’s ‘reasonably…
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94. Case: Conventional vs Chinese Medicine

Lisa Chun is a 12-year-old recently diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. She arrived as a refugee from China five years ago with her parents and her younger brother. She has integrated…
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93. Case: Mr. Rattan Wants to Stay

Mr. Rattan has been a resident at Ocean Wind, a retirement community offering a range of options for accommodation, for the last ten years since his partner died. Currently he…
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92. Case: End of Life with Dementia

Mr. Shah lives in a continuing care facility. A nurse recently commented; “My patient, Mr. Shah, has an advance directive that he wrote last year and that requests medical assistance…
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91. Case: Franklin Isn’t Safe at Home

Franklin Pictou is a 68 year old with limited mobility receiving post-surgical follow up care in the home. He wishes to remain in his dwelling, which is not especially clean…
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90. Case: What is Best for Angela?

Angela Flores is a six year old with some minor developmental delays caused by traumatic birth. She has recently been diagnosed with a brain tumor and her prognosis is poor. …
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89. Case: Who Has a Right to Know?

Kevin is a14-year-old admitted to hospital with persistent headache, muscle spasms, tremors, significant motor impairment, fever, cough and symptoms of liver damage. A diagnosis of lipoid pneumonia has been made…
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88. Case: Whose Problem Is It?

Case substantially modified from “Obesity in Kids: When Appeals to Vanity Don’t Work,” Virtual Mentor 8(10): 377-380, October 2006 – see virtualmentor.ama-assn.org Nicholas has the option of spending the summer…
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