The Mental Elf

true, but is it very helpful? @EvidenceLive

You don't think culture's helpful?

It's important, if over-used, But not for curing sick people,

Culture frames pts'&HCPs' expectations, interpretations& experiences of health, illness, tx, consultation-impacts on these so on effectivess

Sorry, but speaking as both patienf and as statistician, I find stuff like that pretty insulting #EvidenceLive

I could be wicked and suggest your response is, of itself, the result of cultural framing, but I won't.

I'm disappointed that you aren't responding to my points at all #EvidenceLive

.....I'm sorry you have been frustrated by discussions that don't acknowledge your experience of pain.

'Stories' is a plural term ;-)

…If the stories are representative; otherwise, subculture?

Good thought. I'd say it's not so much whether the stories are representative... It's whether they are recognised, and accepted.

In which case, they would become more representative.

Apologies. I thought you meant representative in a statistical sense.

Well, sort of did. If stories of some get accepted by many, then those same stories would then better reflect the larger population.