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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 and his clinicians are very suspicious that he has been inhaling nitrite compounds. Eventually they are able to confirm this when one of the team…

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  • 84. Case: Who’s Who

    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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  • 83. Case: Strings Attached

    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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  • 82. Case: Setting Up Shop

    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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  • 81. Case: Lending A Helping Hand

    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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  • 80. Case: Less Talk

    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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  • 79. Case: It’s the Little Things

    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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  • 78. Case: Health Care for New Canadians

    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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  • 60. Case: Health Care Providers Under Quarantine

    My story starts in early April, during a routine day shift in our minor care area. A previously well middle-aged man, recently returned from Hong Kong, presented with fever. Because SARS was already recognized and we’d gone through the recent experience of a crash intubation with our first case at Vancouver General, this patient was…

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  • 57. Case: Caregiver Stress

    Dr. 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 town, he quickly became friends with many people and involved in the community. However, the longer he practiced, the more awkward his social life became.…

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