• GP1. Family focused – when Lee takes over providing Marvin, her father, with care after Bessie was not successful at finding a bone marrow donor.
• GP4. Accessible – Bessie and Lee were able to provide their father with at home care.
• GP7. Knowledge-Based – upon realization that Bessie was sick with leukemia, her physician, Dr. Wally suggested that she take chemotherapy treatments to manage its metastatic behaviours.
2. What CHPCA values did you notice?
• V2. “The value of life, the natural process of death, and the fact that both provide opportunities for personal growth and self-actualization” – When Bessie and Lee argue about living a happy, worthwhile and fulfilled life, Bessie mentions to Lee …show more content…
• Anticipatory grief support workers – Lee, Hank and Charlie need to eventually acknowledge that Bessie and Marvin are going to die; this would be an important worker to have to prepare the family for financial, emotional, and social losses.
8. What team members were involved?
• Pharmacist – although not seen in the film, Marvin’s treatment plan heavily relied on pharmaceuticals to maintain his health.
• Psychologist – Was seen to rehabilitate Hank in the mental institution but was not used for palliative care of either Bessie or Marvin.
• Physician – Dr. Wally was Bessie’s care physician upon receiving her diagnosis of leukemia.
• Nurse – Supervising and taking care of Marvin when Bessie is undergoing chemotherapeutic treatments.
• Family – Bessie as a care provider for Marvin and Ruth; Lee as a care provider for Bessie and Marvin; Hank as a care provider for Bessie.
9. What other members of an interprofessional team might have been asked to consult?
• Bessie could have benefited from seeing