Carla Washburn Case Study

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The case of Carla Washburn using the Biopsychosocial approach starts with the biological level and leads to the assessment that Carla suffers from problems with diabetes with insulin dependency. She also suffers from the physical injury she sustained after a recent fall which produced fractures to her body that needs attention. Addressing Carla’s Psychological level she exhibits symptoms of depression due to the belief that she has no one. Due to the fact that she had lost her husband fifteen years ago, moreover she also had lost both her son to a car crash and her grandson who she had raised after both parents died in a car crash to the war in Afghanistan. She also is worried about her finance because she is concerned that Medicare will not

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