Because It Helps Us Incorporate Lived Experience into Health Research
Wendy Naus
There is a growing recognition in the scientific community that health
research is richer when it incorporates the perspectives of those with
lived experience.
What is lived experience? It is the unique expertise provided by
individuals who have been directly affected by specific health issues. It
could come from a patient or their caregiver, or from members of a
community who have experienced something collectively, such as adverse
health effects from contaminated drinking water. Those w