HLTH/ 252 HLTH252 HLTH 252 WEEK 7 CASE STUDY 2

HLTH 252 WEEK 7 CASE STUDY 2

Case Study 2

Steve is a fourteen-year old high school student whose year-long use of alcohol and marijuana is beginning to take a toll. Steve’s grades are plummeting, and he’s noticed that he’s no longer excited about playing in his band. Steve’s parents have been on his back about his grades, but they are consumed by their own daily concerns and haven’t had the time to figure out if something else is contributing to Steve’s poor school performance. Steve does not want his parents to know about his alcohol and drug use. His father grew up in an abusive home with a father who was alcohol dependent and is intolerant of any person who uses alcohol or drugs.

Steve has begun to talk to a school-based counselor about his drug problem, and he now attends an individual session at his school and a group session at a local treatment program. The counselors from his school and treatment program think it’s important to have Steve’s parents participate in family counseling, but Steve refuses to consent to the disclosure of his drug use for fear of a serious disruption in his family life. Federal confidentiality laws prohibit the counselors from contacting Steve’s parents without his consent.

Questions:

• Should the program heed Steve’s refusal to release information to his parents? Should different considerations (and legal standards) prevail if Steve begins to show up for his sessions very intoxicated, in greater distress or with greater impairment, and less able to make rational decisions during his counseling sessions? How could the counselor try to involve the parents in a way that would preserve his therapeutic alliance with Steve?
• If Steve had been struggling with depression rather than drug use, the counselor at his outpatient program would not have been required to obtain Steve’s consent to inform his parents of his condition. Is there a principled difference for the legal standards for obtaining consent to contact parents/guardians for these two conditions, both of which impair a person’s decision-making capacity?

CaseStudy Analysis Instructions

You will analyze 2Case Studiesthroughout the duration of this course. In evaluating your Case Study Analysis, your instructor will apply the Case Study Analysis Grading Rubric. For each case study, you will be asked to answer specific questions based on the content of the scenario provided. Each Case Study Analysis must be presented in paragraph form using current APA formatting (Times New Roman, 12-point font, and double-spaced) and include both a title and reference page. The body of each analysis will consist of 2–3 pages and will require a minimum of 2–3 scholarly references.These can be taken from the assigned reading materials, presentations, or other scholarlyreferences.

The 4 sections required for analyzing the cases are as follows: (write in paragraph form)

1. Identify the Issues
2. What are the major moral issues raised by the case?
3. What are the major factual issues raised by the case?
4. What are the major conceptual issues raised by this case?
5. Who are the major stakeholders in this case?
6. Outline the Options
7. What are the major options on the issues raised by this case?
8. What are the main alternative actions or policies that might be followed in responding to the issues in this case?
9. What facts are unknown or disputed that might be relevant to deciding an action in this case?
10. Construct Your Arguments
11. Identify the principles that can be invoked to support a conclusion as to what ought to be done ethically in this case or similar cases.
12. Determine whether the different moral standards yield converging or diverging judgments about what ought to be done.
13. Make a Decision
14. Decide which of the identified options you would recommend or judge to be the best way to deal with the issue presented in this case based upon which option has the strongest reasons behind it.
15. Determine how a critic of your position might try to argue against it using other reasons and present a rebuttal or counter-argument in defense of your judgment.

Guidelines: For Preparing Case Study Analyses

It is useful to discuss your case with at least one other person before you sit down to write up your case analysis. The purpose of these reports is to give you a chance to work out your own view about the issues raised by each case and to practice the procedure for analyzing dilemmas related to drug use. It is important that you include Scriptures to defend your stance.

Submit Case Study Analysis 1 by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 4.

Submit Case Study Analysis 2 by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 7.