Table 1 The differences between ‘evidence’ and ‘insights’ from patients
The nature of ‘evidence’ | The nature of experiential knowledge |
|---|---|
• Data obtained through systematic enquiry | • Knowledge gained through experience - insight |
• Objective | • Subjective |
• Rational | • Emotional |
• Written in scientific and technical language | • Written in the patients’ own words |
• Mostly quantitative - statistics | • Mostly qualitative - stories |
Apples | Pears |