Diagnosis as Cultural Practice

ISBN-13: 9783110184679 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 320 str.

Judith Felson Duchan; Dana Kovarsky

Opis

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 how a diagnosis affects the identities of those diagnosed. In addition, some chapters show how diagnostic reasoning occurs in unexpected contexts such as when writing letters of recommendation and talking about communication. Together, a diverse array of authors from various backgrounds, highlight the many ways that diagnosis is deeply rooted in today's culture. Key features: Leading scholars examine an array of topics related to diagnosis The first book to consolidate a wide range of literature on diagnosis Suited for courses in medical anthropology, communications, sociology, and other disciplines that have a medical focus Now available as an affordable paperback.

Spis treści

Judith Felson Duchan/Dana Kovarsky: Introduction; Section 1. Experiencing diagnosis; Mary L. Foster-Galasso: Diagnosis as an aid and a curse in dealing with others; Barbara G. Bokhour: A diagnosed life in an institutional setting: Can the dancer walk?; Ozum Ucok: From diagnostic to aesthetic: Moving beyond diagnosis; Section 2. Doing diagnoses; John Heritage: Revisiting authority in physician-patient interaction; Charlotte M. Jones/Wayne A. Beach: "I just wanna know why": Patients' attempts and physicians' responses to premature solicitation of diagnostic information;G. H. Morris: Aggravated resistance to problem formulations in therapy;Phillip Glenn/Timothy Koschmann: Learning to diagnose: Production of diagnostic hypotheses in problem-based learning tutorials; Dana Kovarsky/Linda K. Snelling/Elaine Meyer:Emotion and objectivity in medical diagnosis;Judith Felson Duchan: The diagnostic practices of Speech-Language Pathologists in America over the last century;Laura Polich: The diagnosis of deafness in Nicaragua; Section 3. Reasoning diagnostically; Frances Trix: Documenting awareness of the cultural process of diagnosis: Letters of recommendation for medical school faculty; Cindy Suopis/Donal Carbaugh: Speaking about menopause: Possibilities for a cultural discourse analysis; Christian Nelson: The diagnosis of the constituents of communication in everyday discourse: Some functions, enabling conditions, consequences, and remedies

O autorze

Judith Felson Duchan, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA; Dana Kovarsky, University of Rhode Island, USA.