The Rise and Impending Fall of Diagnosis as a Marker of Difference

The Rise and Impending Fall of Diagnosis as a Marker of Difference, American Medical Association Journal of Ethics, December 2011, Volume 13, Number 12: 896-899.

4 Pages Posted: 31 May 2013

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Matt Lamkin

University of Tulsa College of Law

Date Written: December 2011

Abstract

Increasing medicalization has given medical diagnoses outsized significance in American policy and culture. But as diagnoses become ubiquitous, that significance is bound to decline.

Keywords: Diagnosis, Disability, Accommodation, Mental Illness

Suggested Citation

Lamkin, Matt, The Rise and Impending Fall of Diagnosis as a Marker of Difference (December 2011). The Rise and Impending Fall of Diagnosis as a Marker of Difference, American Medical Association Journal of Ethics, December 2011, Volume 13, Number 12: 896-899., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2272237

Matt Lamkin (Contact Author)

University of Tulsa College of Law ( email )

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