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Expertise Part 1, with Frank Gavin
Matters of Engagement
English - June 16, 2020 15:33 - 25 minutes - 35 MBSocial Sciences Science Society & Culture Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Are patients ‘experts’? Does lived experience automatically mean one has expertise? What are we really saying, or accomplishing, when we call patients experts? We think about these questions and talk to Frank Gavin about his article on healthydebate.ca. Frank isn’t sold on the ‘expert’ label as it applies to patient experience, and he explains why in our conversation.
Mentioned in this episode:
The risks of equating ‘lived experience’ with patient expertise by Frank Gavin
How do patients attain equal status if they’re seen as ‘non-expert’? by Francine Buchanan
In Part 1, Frank mentions a cartoon/meme that describes a particular physician-patient dynamic. We couldn't find it in cartoon form but the idea was popularized in this tweet: https://twitter.com/trishgreenhalgh/status/1000308119115915264