Jamie, who is 12 years old, has just told you about an incident when his mom hit him in the face with a belt buckle while she was drunk. Will you need to break confidentiality and report to the appropriate authorities? Why or why not?
A) ?It depends on whether she was abusing him or punishing him because he did something wrong.
B) ?No, because parents are allowed to discipline their children as they see fit.
C) ?Yes, because this could be considered child abuse.
D) ?Yes, this needs to be reported to the police because you believe this is an indictable offence.
C
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A) ?the eligibility of means tested social welfare programs have been at such low levels that the programs are irrelevant to white and blue collar workers B) ?few universal social welfare programs exist C) ?funding and policy responsibilities are so dispersed that reformers have difficulty knowing where to apply pressure D) ?all of the above