Diagnostic Fluidity: Working with Uncertainty and Mutability

• Hoofdauteur: Nina Nissen (ed.) (auth)
• Andere auteurs: Mette Bech Risø (ed.) (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Publicacions Universitat Rovira i Virgili 2018
• Reeks: Antropologia Mèdica
• Onderwerpen: Medicine; anthropology; diagnosis; medicine
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Diagnostic procedures are emblematic of medical work. Scholars in the field of social studies of medicine identify diverse dimensions of diagnosis that point to controversies, processual qualities and contested evidence. In this anthology, diagnostic fluidity is seen to permeate diagnostic work in a...