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Dr. Robert Marion's Case Study

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Dr. Robert Marion expresses that the biggest epiphany he has experienced during the years of his practice was the realization of how the emotional needs of his patients, his patients’ families, and himself needs to be just as equally emphasized as the physical needs are (Marion, 2010, p.70).In both chapter three and four, Dr. Marion reminisces about his encounter with one of his patients name Scotty, an infant who died five weeks after birth due to trisomy 13. At the end of his reminisce, he realizes that not only was Scotty his patient, but Scotty’s parents, siblings, grandparents and even Scotty’s extended family were also his patients (p. 58). He concludes through his experience that though he could not save Scotty, he would still be able

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