A forty-four year old female had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Surgery was successful and only the borders of surrounding tissue were barely affected. Chemotherapy and radiation were indicated. Though she lived south of the city of Boston, she elected to go to “the best in Boston” for treatments (the quote is hers). A very anxious woman, she was phobic about city driving and opted to take public transportation, the fastest of which involved a subway train which became elevated right before it stopped at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Unfortunately, the station stop was also elevated and a fenced pedestrian bridge led right to an entrance to the hospital. The bridge, however, went right over the Charles Street rotary (roundabout), with high levels of traffic pretty much all day. She was too afraid to cross the bridge and was sent for psychological treatment by her physician.
Having read Chapters 15 and 16, you are now in a good position to respond to this DB situation:
What do you think would be the best treatment option(s) to get this woman into the hospital for her radiation and chemotherapies? Why? What are the negatives? What else might work for her?
book:Licht, D. M., Hull, M. G., & Ballantyne, C. (2017). Psychology (3rd edition). New York: Worth Publishers. ISBN-13:978-1-319-23715-8
