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100. Case: Chatting About Hopes and Goals
View Case Study: 100. Case: Chatting About Hopes and GoalsYou 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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91. Case: Franklin Isn’t Safe at Home
View Case Study: 91. Case: Franklin Isn’t Safe at HomeFranklin 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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89. Case: Who Has a Right to Know?
View Case Study: 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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86. Case: Herbs in the Hospital
View Case Study: 86. Case: Herbs in the HospitalKatrina Chen is a 23 year old with a history of severe anxiety and hospitalization after particularly acute panic attacks. She has tried a variety of psychotropic medications and of…
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74. Case: Compulsive Hoarding – Mary
View Case Study: 74. Case: Compulsive Hoarding – MaryMary is a 72 year old woman who has been a compulsive hoarder for the last 10 years. She can only move from room to room through pathways. She would…
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73. Case: Compulsive Hoarding – Bessie
View Case Study: 73. Case: Compulsive Hoarding – BessieBessie is 65 years old and is living with schizophrenia. She has recently been discharged from hospital, and is now receiving mental health support services at home. For a while…
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58. Case: Harm Reduction
View Case Study: 58. Case: Harm ReductionMedical Officers of Health from British Colombia, Nova Scotia, and Saskatchewan have written to advocate for emphasizing harm reduction in the approach to cannabis and other illegal drugs (including possible…
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46. Case: Team Work?
View Case Study: 46. Case: Team Work?Judy, who had worked as a senior social worker in a mental health setting for 12 years, was hired as a team social worker in a community health care organization….
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