Diagnosis as cultural practice /

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Imprint:	Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2005.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 307 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Language, power and social process ; 16 Language, power, and social process ; 16.
Subject:	Diagnosis. Diagnosis -- Cross-cultural studies. Cross-Cultural Comparison. Diagnosis. Cross-cultural studies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11197625

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Other authors / contributors:	Duchan, Judith F. Kovarsky, Dana.
ISBN:	9783110199802 3110199807 3110184664 3110184672 1282073133 9781282073135 9786612073137 6612073136
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Diagnosis as cultural practice. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2005 3110184664 9783110184662

Table of Contents:

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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