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Psychosocial Model of Health
Use questions 2, 3, 5, 11, and 12
Many times a health professional will look at a health issue and see only the problem at hand. The difficulty with this approach is that most health problems affect the entire person whether or not the issue is localized or not. The psychosocial model of health looks at more than an individual's physical state to determine how they will respond to treatments in the short- and long-term. A patient's psychological well-being and their support system are as important as a willingness to see a treatment through to the end. The following paper looks at two patients and whether they were well-served from a psychosocial perspective, and, if not, what improvements could be made to serve the patient better.
In the documentaries, two of the patient interviews stood out as especially relevant to this discussion. One of these instances was a young woman, 19 years old, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer and had to undergo a mastectomy procedure. The woman was present at the consultation with her female doctor and her mother to determine how her double mastectomy would proceed. The doctor explained the operation and the follow up care, and then explained that the team would also take some frozen lymph sections during the surgery. In the follow up, the young woman was told that the cancer had metastasized to her lymph glands and that she would need further treatment. Another patient, a young man who was a singer by trade, saw a doctor regarding the results of a mouth lesion. The doctor was kind and straightforward with the young man about what proved to be a benign growth, but he seemingly did little to alleviate any fears the patient would have.
The two cases seemed to illustrate one of the issues doctors have when talking to a patient. Doctors are trying to see as many people as they can during a given day, and they may miss something when they are talking to one of their patients. It is especially difficult for the doctor...
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