Critical Thinking Exercise: Reacting to Health Problems and Obtaining Health Care
After reading Chapter 13, you learned that many in the medical and health care communities are shifting their treatment paradigms to include collaborative or integrated patient care. This innovative type of care emphasizes the multidisciplinary nature of health care and encourages increased communication and interaction among providers for a given patient (e.g., physicians, psychologists, nurses, social workers, and so on). Apply what you learned about modern health care to the following case study.
Tamara is a 15-year-old African American female whose family, which includes two younger siblings, lives in a middle-class neighborhood in the United States. Both her parents work in professional jobs. Tamara was rushed to the doctor after passing out at school and complaining about intermittent loss of vision. Tamara had been experiencing dizzy spells for several weeks, but did not discuss her health issues with her parents or teachers. She did not think her dizzy spells would be taken seriously by her parents or doctors. She was diagnosed with a tumor in her brain and has been admitted to the hospital for observation and treatment. She has begun to show signs of severe depression and anxiety.
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