Expertise Part 1, with Frank Gavin

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.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Frank Gavin on Twitter
Francine Buchanan on Twitter