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Diagnosis as Cultural Practice (Paperback, New edition)
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Diagnosis as Cultural Practice (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Language, Power and Social Process [LPSP]
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This book is about the doing and experiencing of diagnosis in
everyday life. Diagnoses are revealed as interactive negotiations
rather than as the assigning of diagnostic labels. The authors
demonstrate, through detailed discourse analyses, how the
diagnostic process depends on power and accountability as expressed
through the talk of those engaged in the diagnostic process. The
authors also show that diagnostic decisions are not only made by
professional experts trained in the art and science of diagnosis,
but they can also be made by anyone trying to figure out the nature
of everyday problems. Finally, diagnostic reasoning is found to
extend beyond typical diagnostic situations, occurring in
unexpected places such as written letters of recommendation and
talk about the nature of communication. Together, the chapters in
this book demonstrate how diagnosis is a communication practice
deeply rooted in our culture. The book is interdisciplinary and
unusually broad in its focus. The authors come from different
experiential scholarly backgrounds. Each of them takes a different
look at the impact and nature of the diagnostic process. The
diagnoses discussed include autism, Alzheimer's disease, speech and
language disorders, and menopause. The focus is not only on the
here and now of the diagnostic interaction, but also on how
diagnoses and diagnostic processes change over time. The book can
serve as an undergraduate or graduate text for courses offered in
various disciplines, including communication, sociology,
anthropology, communication disorders, audiology, linguistics,
medicine, and disability studies.
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