The patient's experience matters

Norma Besniard

Sep 11

1 min read

One of the most important things I have learned is that we cannot understand recovery only by looking at a patient from the outside.

A doctor or therapist can measure strength, movement, pain, and other physical changes. But the patient is the only person who can explain how confident they feel, how independent they feel, or how recovery is affecting their everyday life.

This is why I think listening to the patient's experience is so important.

Numbers and physical measurements can tell us a lot, but they do not always tell us the whole story. The person's own experience is also part of understanding whether recovery is really going well.

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