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TitleThe age of diagnosis : how our obsession with medical labels is making us sicker / Dr. Suzanne O'Sullivan.
AuthorO'Sullivan, Suzanne, author.
Call No616.07 O'Sullivan
CollectionNon-Fiction
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616.07 O'Sullivan AvailableBeaverNon-Fiction   333330033812882025

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780593852910
International Standard Book Number 0593852915
Personal Name O'Sullivan, Suzanne, author.
Title Statement The age of diagnosis : how our obsession with medical labels is making us sicker / Dr. Suzanne O'Sullivan.
Varying Form of Title How our obsession with medical labels is making us sicker.
Edition Statement First United States edition.
Imprint New York, NY : Thesis, 2025.
Physical Description xvii, 298 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-284) and index.
Formatted Contents Note Huntington's Disease -- Lyme Disease and Long Covid -- Autism -- The Cancer Gene -- ADHD, Depression and Neurodiversity -- Syndrome Without a Name.
Summary, Etc. "From a neurologist and award-winning author of The Sleeping Beauties, a meticulous and compassionate exploration of how our culture of medical diagnosis can harm, rather than help, patients. I'm a neurologist. Diagnosis is my bread and butter. So why then would I, an experienced medical doctor, be very careful about which diagnosis I would pursue for myself or would be willing to accept if foisted upon me? We live in an age of diagnosis. The advance of sophisticated genetic sequencing techniques means that we may all soon be screened for potential abnormalities. The internet provides a vast array of information that helps us speculate about our symptoms. Conditions like ADHD and Autism are on the rapid rise, while other new categories like Long Covid are driven by patients themselves. When we are suffering, it feels natural to seek a diagnosis. We want a clear label, understanding, and, of course, treatment. But is diagnosis an unqualified good thing? Could it sometimes even make us worse instead of better? Through the moving stories of real people, neurologist Suzanne O'Sullivan explores the complex world of modern diagnosis, comparing the impact of a medical label to the pain of not knowing. With scientific authority and compassionate storytelling, she opens up new possibilities for how we might approach our health and our suffering"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Medical ethics.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Medical care.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Diagnosis.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Diagnosis Moral and ethical aspects.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Medicine and psychology.
Index Term-Genre/Form Informational works.
Index Term-Genre/Form Instructional and educational works.