Medical Terminology / Unit 15 MedTerm 0977 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Subjective and Objective
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The idea
The subjective section records what the patient reports; the objective section records what is measured or observed.
In practice
A reported symptom is subjective. A recorded measurement is objective.
Where people slip
The same finding can appear in both sections, described differently in each.
Your place on the trail
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