Terminal Lung Cancer Case Study

I have a patient named John who is married African American male that is 72 years old who has terminal lung cancer. John is a retired U.S. Steel Mill worker for thirty years and has been married for 25 years. John wife is named Mary who is also 72 years old African American female who retired from U.S. Postal Worker. John and Mary does not have any children. John was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and the physician recommended that he is in the hospice program because the physician stated to John and his wife Mary that there isn’t anything medical that they can do for them. Terminal lung cancer is “to spread to more than one area in the other lung, the fluid surrounding the lung or the heart, or distant parts of the body through the bloodstream. Once released in the blood, cancer can spread anywhere in the body, but it is more likely to spread to the brain,
John weakness will be denying hospice care services such as counseling and respite services. John stated that he only want medical care not any other services. John’s family strength is John has a supportive and agreeable wife and she agree with every decision he makes. John’s family weakness is John does not have any other supportive family members beside his wife. John stated that his other siblings has resided in another state and live 500 miles away from him. The only family opportunities that John has a wife that is supportive of John’s decision making and he also has the opportunities for hospice program to provide more services to him. John’s threat will be is pulmonologists and oncologists suggested to John that he does not have long time to live and establish a short life expectancy due to his terminal lung cancer. John ‘s physicians stated that they are unsure of his life expectancy but it will not be long until his