SOC 445 Chapter Reading #3 pt 2/2: Jutel - What’s in a Name?
17 Oct 2018
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Receiving a diagnosis is like being handed a road map in the middle of a forest. It shows the way -- but not necessarily the way out. : a diagnosis has symbolism, it serves to divide a life into before" and after". Jutel is basically saying that it"s easier said than done -- it"s easy to diagnose things but going about it is the difficult part: diagnosis frames reality in significant ways. Diagnosis and medical identity their social expectations: thomas willis is the first person known to have used the term diagnosis, which he defined as dilucidation, or. This doesn"t mean that they"re not real. } this means that we are too involved in our current society to be able to step back and look at things through an objective perspective with the historical context we"re in. This prioritizes some conditions over others and always exerting an important material force as it guides medical care.
