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
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: 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
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