Dementia And Person A Case Study

Often times it is impossible to guess a person’s medical diagnosis from just looking at them. Doctors and nurses are able to predict a diagnosis from the information and symptoms that are presented. For non-medical personal some people diagnosis can be completely surprising, while some people could predict certain diagnosis. From the four people introduced their diagnoses were Dementia, ovarian cancer, HIV, and a self-inflicted abdominal wound. More information was given about the four people previously which could surprise a person because their diagnosis would be considered unexpected by most. Two of the four diagnosis came across as a surprise, while the other two diagnosis could be easily predicted with a little information. Person A has Dementia and Person D has a self-inflicted abdominal wound. Dementia tends to affect elderly …show more content…
Dementia very unpredictable so those who may come in contact with Person A may be more on edge, because they really do not know what state of mind she could be in. They might be more distant because they do not want to get or hover over her because they do not want her to hurt herself or someone else. Her family feel the need to have outside help and/or place her in a home where she could be monitored. Some people may treat Person B with pity, they would be shocked about her diagnosis and sympathy for her and her children. Person C is a pastor of a large denomination church and because of that Person C may be questioned by some people. Some people may feel confused as to how and why a pastor has HIV. They might judge him and think of how Person C may have contracted HIV, which could be completely false. Some people may sympathize with Person D because they may have compassion for him, they might start to think what if was innocent and he is incarcerated and can not deal with the entrapment. While others might treat him harshly causing him to do more harm to