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Social Issues in Diagnosis : An Introduction for Students and Clinicians /

"Diagnosis, the classification tool of medicine, serves an important social role. It confers social status on those who diagnose, and it impacts the social status of those diagnosed. Studying diagnosis from a sociological perspective offers clinicians and students a rich and sometimes provocati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Dew, Kevin (Editor ), Jutel, Annemarie (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Diagnosis, the classification tool of medicine, serves an important social role. It confers social status on those who diagnose, and it impacts the social status of those diagnosed. Studying diagnosis from a sociological perspective offers clinicians and students a rich and sometimes provocative view of medicine and the cultures in which it is practiced. Social Issues in Diagnosis describes how diagnostic labels and the process of diagnosis are anchored in groups and structures as much as they are in the interactions between patient and doctor."--Back cover.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (264 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9781421413013