Putting a name to it : diagnosis in contemporary society / Annemarie Goldstein Jutel ; foreword by Peter Conrad.
| Author/creator | Jutel, Annemarie |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2011. |
| Description | xvii, 175 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: what's in a name? -- A place for a sociology of diagnosis? -- An avenue for understanding -- Lumping or splitting: classification in medical diagnosis -- The aims of classification -- Classification of diseases -- Classification systems -- Revealing classificatory politics in diagnosis -- Social framing and diagnosis: corpulence and fetal death -- Corpulence -- Fetal death -- Frame and be framed -- What's wrong with me? diagnosis and the patient-doctor relationship -- Illness and disease -- Medical authority -- Changing roles in diagnosis -- What next? -- Beyond our ken? contested diagnoses and the medically unexplained -- Medically unexplained symptoms -- Discovery of disease -- Whose diagnosis? -- Splitting from diagnosis -- Driving diagnosis: peddlers and pushers -- Engines of diagnosis -- Female hypoactive sexual desire disorder -- Discussion -- "There is nothing so small as to escape our inquiry": technologies of diagnosis -- Technology and diagnostic categories -- Technology and the diagnostic process -- Screening -- Hope -- Conclusion: directions for the sociology of diagnosis. |
| Local note | Laupus-WCP |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-170) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010042464 |
| ISBN | 9781421400679 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1421400677 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laupus | Books - Stacks | WB 141.5 J96P 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |