Imagine that you are a working as an allied health care professional, and one of your patients has just received the diagnosis of a serious illness. As the patient is leaving the office, you overhear a conversation between the patient and her son. The son starts to open the door for his mother, but she lashes out and says, “You treat me like I can’t do anything right! Just leave me alone!” She storms out and leaves her son standing in the doorway. 2. Initial Post: Create a new thread and answer all three parts of the initial prompt below

Explain how the emotional effects of illness (as described in chapter 13) may have influenced the mother’s behavior.
As an allied health care provider, explain how you would respond to the mother if she made those comments to you, rather than to her son.
Explain how you would respond to the son while keeping in mind his emotional and esteem needs.