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  • Philosophy of Medicine
  • Epistemology
  • Medical Ethics

Background:

  • Patient testimony is crucial in clinical decision-making.
  • The trustworthiness of patient testimony is often assessed using specific frameworks.
  • Existing medical frameworks prioritize certain types of evidence over others.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To argue that patients' testimonial knowledge is assessed via a default evidentialist approach.
  • To analyze the three-tiered evidence-ranking system used by physicians.
  • To explore the implications of aperspectival objectivity in assessing patient testimony.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of physicians' accounts of assessing patient testimony trustworthiness.
  • Explication of a three-tiered evidence-ranking approach within medical practice.
  • Discussion of the role of aperspectival objectivity in evidentialist assessment.

Main Results:

  • Physicians employ a default evidentialist approach to patient testimonial knowledge.
  • A three-tiered evidence-ranking system is explicated, mirroring medical evidence hierarchies.
  • Aperspectival objectivity introduces tensions within this evidentialist framework.

Conclusions:

  • The evidentialist assessment of patient testimony has significant practical, epistemic, and ethical consequences.
  • Potential strategies for mitigating negative consequences are proposed.
  • Patient testimonial knowledge is complex and functions as a critical form of evidence.