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Gosh I love this! My sister called and said shes expecting a
Gosh I love this! My sister called and said shes expecting a blizzard in the north east of the US. I am in a very sunny New Zealand summer, and find...

Whose Diagnosis? Michael Shumaker, Rob Ford, Joan Rivers,
Whose Diagnosis? Michael Shumaker, Rob Ford, Joan Rivers, Nelson Mandella, and of course, Maa Nonu, Buxton Popoalii (the latter, NZ rugby players, fo...

Lets Send that to the Lab!: Technology and Diagnosis (extracted
Lets Send that to the Lab!: Technology and Diagnosis (extracted from chapter 10 of Diagnosis in Contemporary Society by John Gardner) Diagnostic tec...

Thinking about Ebola... What does the social scholar of
Thinking about Ebola... What does the social scholar of diagnosis think about in reference to the Ebola virus? We discussed this earlier on this blo...

Fighting Obesity? Obesity is a diagnosis which never ceases to
Fighting Obesity? Obesity is a diagnosis which never ceases to fascinate this sociologist of diagnosis, and it surfaced in the NZ papers this morning...

The Doctor=go-round (by Lisa Sanders) As usual, Lisa Sanders
The Doctor=go-round (by Lisa Sanders) As usual, Lisa Sanders column in the New York Times gives food for thought for the hungry sociologist of diagno...

The most recent revision of the DSM has raised significant debate,
The most recent revision of the DSM has raised significant debate, and it appears that some groups are now agitating for a complete re-thinking of psy...

When does a sociologist of diagnosis need her own diagnosis? To
When does a sociologist of diagnosis need her own diagnosis? To prove the point that this is not an anti-diagnosis blog, I muse upon my own diagnoses...

Classification and Disease Diagnosis is all about
Classification and Disease Diagnosis is all about classification, and classification is a social act. Nature is, writes Eviatar Zerubabel, a continu...