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Critical Thinking & Clinical Judgment

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• Types of data<br />

• Subjective: “symptoms” that the patient<br />

describes; e.g. “I can’t do anything for<br />

myself”<br />

Objective: signs that can be observed,<br />

measured, and verified; e.g. swollen joints<br />

• Sources of data<br />

• Primary: the patient; is always the best<br />

source<br />

Secondary: everything/everybody else

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