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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…
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67. Case: What is Angela’s Choice?
View Case Study: 67. Case: What is Angela’s Choice?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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57. Case: Caregiver Stress
View Case Study: 57. Case: Caregiver StressDr. Morrison has been the only physician in his small community of 1,500 people for about 15 years and is known as the “Town Doc.” When he first moved to…
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22. Case: Double Effect?
View Case Study: 22. Case: Double Effect?The following call comes in to the ethics line: “Hi. It’s Celine from Oncology. We have a patient here who is in the end stages of lung cancer and is…
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18. Case: When the “Truth” is Painful
View Case Study: 18. Case: When the “Truth” is PainfulMrs. Sally Parrot, a 73-year old widow, has mild dementia of a presumed neurovascular type. She resides in her own small apartment in Serenity, a private continuing care community in…
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