(December 23, 2018 at 3:26 pm)T0 Th3 M4X Wrote: Consider the statement:
"Doctor, I have been experiencing headaches since yesterday."
The patient just made a subjective statement. How do you proceed? Is their subjective evidence that warrants a conclusion?
Quite plausibly, the doctor might ask questions and receive additional "subjective statements" from the patient. The composite of statements could lead the doctor to warrant a conclusion. Then again, the composite of statements could result in the doctor ordering objective medical tests. The doctor would withhold any conclusion until the test results were reviewed. Even then, the conclusion might be, "I do not know what is causing your headaches."