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Patients know. By diving beneath the surface to explore how patients acquire knowledge and the types of knowledge they have, Vincent Dumez and Audrey L'Espérance's new article offers opportunities for deeper reflection and action. I particularly appreciated their perspective that "recognition of patient knowledge and its nature allows both individuals and institutions to account for the important influence of this knowledge on health, on care and service relationships, and on the creation of value in the health and social services system." Interested in learning more? Vincent's post below includes a link to the full article.
Finally, here is our article which proposes a classification of #patientknowledge just published in Social Theory and Health, what we commonly called since we presented it at a conference: “the head of knowledge”. It is a proposal to go beyond what we describe ad nauseam as “#experientialknowledge”. Just to say : yes agreed “experiential” but not only that, much more in fact… Voilà finalement notre article qui propose une classification des #savoirspatients tout juste publiée dans Social Theory and Health, ce qu’on appelait communément depuis que nous la présentions en conférence : “la tête des savoirs”. C’est une proposition pour aller au delà de ce qu’on qualifie ad nauseam, “de #savoirsexpérientiels”. Juste pour dire : oui d’accord “expérientiels”, mais pas que, bien plus en fait… Merci à ma très chère collègue et coautrice Audrey L'Espérance qui a toute ma reconnaissance et mon admiration pour sa contribution essentielle et si généreuse à cette publication. https://lnkd.in/dHkDGxcs #partenariatpatient #patientpartnership Centre d'excellence sur le partenariat avec les patients et le public Unité de soutien SSA Québec Centre de recherche du CHUM (CRCHUM) Marie-Pascale Pomey Antoine Boivin Caroline Wong Philippe Karazivan Alexandre Berkesse Olivia Gross Eve GARDIEN Sacha Ghadiri Nicolas Fernandez Catherine Wilhelmy Leslee J Thompson Carol Fancott VITAM - Centre de recherche en santé durable Stéphane P. Ahern Fabrice Brunet Jean-François Fortin Verreault Kathy Malas PAN - Patient Advisors Network Rémi Quirion Carole Jabet Francois LESPERANCE Amélie Forget Sabine Dutheil Luigi Flora Tessa Richards Lucien Engelen Dr. Jeremy Veillard Martin Beaumont Marcel Saulnier Dr. Eric Hoskins Amanda Bok Thomas Sannié Amy Lang
Thanks for sharing this paper Jennifer Zelmer. You’re right - patients know, and I would add, deserve to have their concerns taken seriously. Many biases can serve to undermine the validity of a patient’s concerns so it is important to keep Dr. Croskerry’s wise words in mind - that the best diagnosticians are the best listeners.