Physician Assisted Suicide Case Study

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This experience has helped me learn about engaging multiple people at one time. The group was set up to contain only men in order to help keep the distractions to a minimum. Two of the participants I had seen previously, however did not know them well. The other I had not met previously. These gentlemen are varied in ages as well as interests. I however, knew that the one thing that they all had in common was the fact that they were all working toward moving out on their own. Two of the gentlemen have guardians, which has a direct effect on when they are able to move out. One of gentlemen does not have a guardian, which means that he can move out when he feels he is ready. These gentlemen are all receiving input from the staff of the …show more content…

They each had different goals and very different reasons for the goal that they identified. I was able to note that one of the two who had a guardian was very negative and identified that as a negative experience. He was frustrated and angry about the situation. The other person with a guardian never spoke of it, nor that that seem to affect his choice of a goal in any way. The two gentleman that participated the most became more vocal about the goal that they were working toward as well as other things that they would like to work on as time progressed. Working with this group from the very beginning has allowed me to watch many of the stages of change in action. I have had the ability to see first hand a person who move through the stages of change successfully as well as persons who have been moving between stages of change. I watched as these gentlemen work toward identifying goals, considering steps that they could take as well as identifying supports to help them achieve their goals. Watching as these gentlemen examined the pro's and con's of their goal choice was very revealing in identifying what each of them identified as important to

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