Author Question: Briefly explain why the medical model of health care can be described as a deficit model. What ... (Read 130 times)

vicotolentino · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Briefly explain why the medical model of health care can be described as a deficit model.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Which of the following is not a goal of case management with the elderly?

a. Assuring that services are appropriate to the needs of a particular client
b. Improving client access to the continuum of long term care services
c. Conducting support, therapy, or recreational groups
d. Supporting the clients caregivers with counseling and information
e. Serving as a bridge between institutional and community-based care services

kilada · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 2, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: Doctor's questions are designed to elicit disabilities, distress, dysfunction, and dependency. Strengths,
successes, and effective coping strategies are not solicited or taken into account. Every clinical
intervention is an attempt to cure or fix a disease or sickness. There is very little connection between
the patient and the patient's environments

Answer to Question 2

c