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NAME:
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Salma Begum |
AGE: |
10 years |
CASE: |
Salma puts on weight when her mother is diagnosed with skin cancer. |
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NOTES
Salma is a lively girl; keen on ICT, science and football.
Her father left home two years previously. He moved away and,
although Salma gets emails from him every now and again, she
doesn't see him.
Salma's mother: diagnosed with skin cancer. Salma becomes
withdrawn, stops playing games and spends all her time in
her room working and playing on her PC. Mother says she's
not eating her meals.
Mother's skin cancer is cured after a course of radiotherapy,
but Salma continues being withdrawn and putting on more weight.
RELEVANT FACTORS:
- Salma only learns about her mother's cancer when she overhears
her mother talking with a friend.
- Who carries out the mother's treatment?
- Salma is reacting to what she thinks may be the loss of
her mother coming quickly on top of the loss of her father.
Seeing her father more may not be an option. So how might
Salma's situation be worked through?
- Salma is putting on weight yet her mother says she's
not eating her meals. How can this be happening? Are there
any possible solutions?
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