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Diagnostic Controversy

- Cultural Perspectives on Competing Knowledge in Healthcare

About Diagnostic Controversy

This is the first collection of ethnographic studies that critiques diagnosis across multiple categories of disease and illness. Smith-Morris¿s Introduction repositions diagnosis within critical studies of global health. The authors question specific diagnoses (e.g., HIV, tuberculosis, and andropause) as well as the structural and epistemological factors behind a disease¿s naming and experience.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781138938250
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 270
  • Published:
  • September 8, 2015
  • Dimensions:
  • 240x161x21 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 536 g.
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Expected delivery: November 22, 2024

Description of Diagnostic Controversy

This is the first collection of ethnographic studies that critiques diagnosis across multiple categories of disease and illness. Smith-Morris¿s Introduction repositions diagnosis within critical studies of global health. The authors question specific diagnoses (e.g., HIV, tuberculosis, and andropause) as well as the structural and epistemological factors behind a disease¿s naming and experience.

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