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Jon2 Case Study Essay

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In the case of Jon2, the author Jane employed strong reasoning skills to assist in the proper diagnosis of the child. Initially, her responsibility was to evaluate the child’s motor skills and determine if Jon qualified for treatment at their facility. Jane’s evaluation included her own observations and measurements, but also the subjective observations given by Jon’s caretakers who could better-provided details on Jon’s history of treatment and daily activities. As a result of her detailed evaluation and note taking, Jane determined that Jon’s condition showed signs of abnormalities, but not consistent with stroke of cerebral palsy and needed further tests to support the hypothesis that there might be something else afflicting Jon. The fact that the caretakers kept mentioning Jon’s irritability increased when he began teething kept bothering Jane and …show more content…

Fortunately, Jon had a routine visit scheduled and the caretakers were able to press the doctors into reexamining Jon, but the doctors still maintained an egocentric diagnosis of cerebral palsy. Eventually, the correct diagnosis turned out to be a rare condition, adrenoleukodystrophy, that could have easily be overlooked by many medical clinicians. In the case of Jon, the doctor’s rush to diagnose and their over efficiency (Barrows & Pickell 1991, p.74)3 in their evaluation failed to adequately listen and search the information provided by the caretakers of Jon. Even though it was too late to adequately help Jon in this case, Jane’s reasoning skills were pivotal in establishing a new hypothesis for reexamining his condition. Jane was able to collect and assess information that was overlooked for 11 months by taking the adequate time to listen, look, and observe. Ultimately from the case of Jon, Jane has learned the valuable lesson of listening to develop a better approach to working with patient’s in the

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