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Outside Factors and Effective Treatment Assignment

Final Project Milestone Two: Outside Factors and Effective Treatment Assignment Describe the factors that influence the effective treatment applicable to your intervention plan. Consider the impact that culture, environment, and family have on the effectiveness of intervention and treatment strategies. For additional details, please refer to the Final Project Guidelines and Grading Guide document and the […]

Consider the impact of health care policy’s evolution on Medicaid and Medicare programs.

There are many stakeholders involved in health care policy issues, and they represent a wide variety of interests and perspectives. The health care industry employs many people. Though all stakeholders may share the goal of optimum individual and societal health and well-being, it is important to note that stakeholders’ financial interests may influence decision making. […]

Eboni Logan’s visit with her school social worker

Being culturally sensitive by respecting your clients’ spirituality and religious traditions, in general, is an important professional competence (Furness & Gilligan, 2010). Applying your spiritual awareness to a specific client case, however, may require even greater skill. In this assignment, you consider how you might address a client’s crisis that includes a spiritual or religious […]

explain how considerations about clients’ worldviews, including their spirituality or religious convictions, might affect your interactions with them

Furness and Gilligan (2010) stated, “There is a growing body of literature written predominantly for health professionals and more recently for social workers about the importance of developing and incorporating cultural and spiritual sensitivity and awareness in their work with others” (p. 2187). Spirituality, which may or may not include involvement with an established religion, […]