What’s the difference between subjective and objective?
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Just alittle something to add to all the great answers already.
In the medical field these words are used when writing up what is called a SOAP note. In general the subjective (S) part is all the things the patient can communicate to you which includes things like age, list of symptoms, and what medications they always they are taking. The objective (O) part are lab results, measurements taken at the office or hospital, or things that the medical professional observed.
I just wanted to clarify this because in this situation, it’s not exactly opinion vs not opinion. On the one hand it seems almost like it should be a fact if someone is taking a blood pressure medication, but on the other hand, if you further question how often they take it and they miss 75% of their doses, then are they really taking it?
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