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Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology
On-line version ISSN 1445-7377
Print version ISSN 2079-7222
Abstract
GROVEN, Karen Synne and HEGGEN, Kristin. Evidence and/or experience-based knowledge in lifestyle treatment of patients diagnosed as obese?. Indo-Pac. j. phenomenol. (Online) [online]. 2016, vol.16, n.2, pp.1-14. ISSN 1445-7377. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20797222.2016.1240164.
Proceeding from a phenomenological perspective, this study investigates how physiotherapists' experience-based knowledge acquires significance in their encounters with patients diagnosed as obese. Presenting the thematic accounts of three physiotherapists, this paper illuminates how they make use of experiences from both their own life as well as experiences from learning and doing physiotherapy. This multifaceted experience-based knowledge is significant for making individual adjustments in a group-based programme. In line with these findings, the authors question whether the therapeutic method itself can be given such a prime position in defining best evidence in evidence-based practice. In concluding, they call for a re-consideration of the term evidence. More precisely, it is argued that what will be "effective" therapy for a person diagnosed as obese cannot be reduced to external evidence.