Case study: Your name is David and you are a 36-year-old male journalist who has a very demanding job which involves working long hours. You have been smoking since you were at university and you...

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Case study: Your name is David and you are a 36-year-old male journalist who has a very demanding job which involves working long hours. You have been smoking since you were at university and you estimate that you currently smoke between 30-40 cigarettes a day. You love to catch up with your friends at the pub for a smoke and a drink as you say it helps you relax. You have tried to stop smoking on a number of occasions, with limited success as you suffer badly from nicotine withdrawal. Your father recently died of lung cancer at age 68 after many years of smoking. In his final stages of cancer, Donald was in a great deal of pain and distress. You are worried that if you keep smoking like this, you will end up with lung cancer like your dad. Using the case study above you must write a script interview being the healthcare professional, whilst also playing the patient/client (David). You will need to use Motivational Interviewing techniques and therapeutic communication skills to understand and address your client’s feelings, concerns and negative health behaviours. You will need to show how you will assist your client to move to more positive health behaviours. Prior to making the script interview think about and prepare – What are the issues? How might they feel? What are the troublesome aspects of your client’s situation? How can you assist them to explore and create better health outcomes into the future? And address every aspect in your script using Motivational Interviewing Techniques and Therapeutic Communication Skills.