Describe the risk factors, stressors, and challenges the family member faced in his or her parenting situation due to the medical condition.

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Create a case study based on one of the categories from Chapter 14. In your case example provide a scenario and explain the situation. (Note: the case study should include a family member and child).
Following the development of your case study, respond to each of the following questions and incorporate and cite at least two credible resources in your responses.
• Describe the factors that indicate a (chronic or fatal) medical condition was present and its impact on the family.
• Describe the risk factors, stressors, and challenges the family member faced in his or her parenting situation due to the medical condition.
• How does understanding these risk factors, stressors, and challenges help you support the family member within your professional counselor role?
• Give two strategies that you would use to ensure that the family member and their child receive the support they need.
When commenting to other students’ posts; address why you feel their strategies will or will not work. Give at least 1 positive comment. If you disagree, be sure to explain why.

Describe where a conflict between these principles may arise by considering the different values of each of the stakeholders in the scenario.

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Legal Issues Using structured sentences and paragraphs, answer the following questions in relation to legal issues raised by the case. 1. As Edward had previously refused medical treatment for his viral infection, do the paramedics have any legal authority to institute treatment for his diabetic coma? What legal authority can you rely upon to support your answer? 2. What elements must be present for this consent to be valid? What legal authority can you rely upon to support your answer? What potential legal consequences may flow if healthcare practitioners provide treatment without first obtaining consent? 3. As Edward is unresponsive he will not have decision-making capacity. Provide a rationale that supports the legal obligation to obtain consent in these circumstances. 4. List the potential options available for the healthcare practitioners to obtain consent for Edward’s ongoing care in these circumstances. What legal authority can you rely upon to support your answer? 5. In circumstances where there are two or more substitute decisions-makers who could potentially provide consent, and they disagree, describe the legal options available to provide a definitive answer as to what course of action the healthcare practitioners should take. 6. What factors will be taken into account when making a decision as to whether Edward’s life-sustaining measures can be withdrawn?

Ethical Issues Referring to the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights, and using structured sentences and paragraphs: 1. Identify two principles that are relevant in this scenario and describe how the selected principles apply to the facts in the scenario. 2. Describe where a conflict between these principles may arise by considering the different values of each of the stakeholders in the scenario. 3. Apply the modified Kerridge et al. (2013) model for ethical problem solving to address the conflict.

Martindale is to receive chemotherapy. Discuss the effects of chemotherapy to the body cells, both cancerous and non-cancerous. (½ point)

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Delilah Martindale is a married, 42- year old woman with 3 children and works as a part-time cashier at Circle K. She has never smoked and has an occasional social drink. Her past medical history includes plastic surgery for bilateral breast implants done 3 years ago and tonsillectomy when she was 10 years old. Her mother is a breast cancer survivor and her father died of lung cancer two years ago. When she returned for a physical check up with her primary MD, a lump was noted on her Right breast. Her physician ordered an outpatient breast biopsy as soon as possible that revealed presence of malignant cells. She elected to have R breast removed with axillary lymph node dissection.

Answer the following questions:

1.Delilah Martindale wants you to explain exactly what Stage IV: T4 N3 M1 mean. Based on the TNM Classification System, what will you tell her? (½ point)In the TNM system:

2. Discuss the treatment modalities that Delilah Martindale may have other than the surgical procedure as mentioned in the case scenario. (2 points)

3.Define metastasis and discuss its pathophysiologic mechanism. Based on the location of her malignancy, where are the sites of metastasis? (2 points)

4.Discuss the clinical manifestations of cancer, etiology, and general effects of malignancy that Delilah Martindale may or may not experience. (2 points)

5.Martindale is to receive chemotherapy. Discuss the effects of chemotherapy to the body cells, both cancerous and non-cancerous. (½ point)

6. Describe the side effects of cancer therapy and possible treatment or ways to alleviate the discomforts or complications of these side effects. (2 points)

7.List the health education or teachings that you would provide the community or the public regarding the prevention of breast cancer. (1 point)

Explain two strengths and two limitations of this theoretical model.

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Assignment: Scholar Practitioner Project Assignment: The Disease Theoretical Model of Addiction

There are a number of theoretical models that explain addiction from a wide range of perspectives. It may be ideal to consider addiction from a broader perspective as a condition influenced by the interaction of all spheres of life: biological, psychological, sociological, and spiritual.

While no one model will be all-inclusive, the medical model is more widely accepted than others in the field. The medical model, also known as the disease theoretical model, is more comprehensive than other models and is currently the most applied model in the treatment of addiction. It is the model that you are most likely to encounter as a helping professional.

For this Assignment, review this week’s Resources. Focus on the strengths and limitations of the disease theoretical model of addiction as it applies to Marge from this week’s media piece. Consider the limitations in its applicability in treatments of addiction. This Assignment will inform your Scholar Practitioner Project (SPP) for this course.

Assignment:

In a 2- to 3-page APA-formatted paper, address the following:

• Explain the key points of the disease theoretical model of addiction.

• Explain two strengths and two limitations of this theoretical model.

• Explain the major contributions of this theoretical model to the field of addiction treatment.

• Explain whether the limitations that you identified may affect the applicability of the model in the treatment of addiction and why.