Diagnosis as cultural practice / edited by Judith Felson Duchan, Dana Kovarsky.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Diagnosis as an aid and a curse in dealing with others / Mary L. Foster-Galasso -- A diagnosed life in an institutional setting: can the dancer walk? / Barbara G. Bokhour -- From diagnostic to aesthetic: moving beyond diagnosis / Ozum Ucok -- Revisiting authority in physician-patient interaction / John Heritage -- "I just wanna know why": patients' attempts and physicians' responses to premature solicitation of diagnostic information / Charlotte M. Jones and Wayne A. Beach -- Aggravated resistance to problem formulations in therapy / G.H. Morris.

Learning to diagnose: production of diagnostic hypotheses in problem-based learning tutorials / Philip Glenn and Timothy Koschmann -- Emotion and objectivity in medical diagnosis / Dana Kovarsky, Linda K. Snelling, and Elayne Meyer -- The diagnostic practices of speech-language pathologists in America over the last century / Judith Felson Duchan.

The diagnosis of deafness in Nicaragua / Laura Polich -- Documenting awareness of the cultural process of diagnosis: letters of recommendation for medical school faculty / Frances Trix -- Speaking about menopause: possibilities for a cultural discourse analysis / Cindy Suopis and Donal Carbaugh -- The diagnosis of the constituents of communication in everyday discourse: some functions, enabling conditions, consequences, and remedies / Christian Nelson.

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Diagnosis isn't what it seems. It is usually treated as a label, arrived at by professionals, to explain a problem and to point to treatment. This view of diagnosis fits "the medical model". Authors in this book view diagnosis as a process, not a label. Diagnosis involves a negotiation of power relationships as well as of professional accountability. The chapters reveal how today's professionals and non-professionals use diagnosis to explain medical problems and also to explore h.

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