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77. Case: Accommodating Requests: Which Differences Make a Difference?
View Case Study: 77. Case: Accommodating Requests: Which Differences Make a Difference?Supported Decision Making and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Freya Pedersen is a 23-year-old with a developmental disability. The surgeon is discussing an upcoming surgery with Freya and her parents. Freya tries to express herself, but it is hard to understand her speech. The surgeon is in a rush and just hands the consent…
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75. Case: Cultural Competence: Truth and Reconciliation in Action
View Case Study: 75. Case: Cultural Competence: Truth and Reconciliation in ActionCase 75: Cultural Competence: Truth and Reconciliation in Action Alex Sylliboy has been referred to the diabetes clinic and this is his first appointment. He identifies as Indigenous on the intake form. Andrew Sullivan, the nurse, has read recently that the experience of residential schools has long-lasting, intergenerational effects on health, but isn’t sure…
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66. Case: Blood Transfusions
View Case Study: 66. Case: Blood TransfusionsJoyce Skinner is a 38 year old woman with non-curative leukemia. She is the single mother of two children, ages 11 and 8, and her ex-husband is ‘out of the (parental) picture’. Since her leukemia diagnosis, Joyce has approached her progressive hematological cancer in an assertive manner, seeing it as her responsibility to fight to…
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59. Case: HPV Vaccine for Boys
View Case Study: 59. Case: HPV Vaccine for BoysPEI is expanding its human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination program to include grade six boys. Girls have been receiving the HPV vaccine since 2007. HPV is the most common sexually-transmitted infection among young adults. It can lead to genital warts and, in girls, cervical cancer. For boys it can also lead to cancers of the…
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35. Case: Competing Interests?
View Case Study: 35. Case: Competing Interests?A medical device had been developed by a physician who provides care at your local hospital. The department he works in wants to begin to use that device on a regular basis. A process to guide this action has been developed by the physician in question and his team. They would like the ethics committee…
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30. Case: Awards – Who Gets Them and Why?
View Case Study: 30. Case: Awards – Who Gets Them and Why?This case involves an organizational concern about inconsistency in the approach to applying for, being nominated for, and receiving awards. Specifically, the requestor identified that there wasn’t a process or policy in place to objectively review each application and there were inconsistencies in the process for selecting those to receive individual awards. Overall, the motivation…
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