Medical Humanities Companion : v. 2 (Paperback)

Preface. Narratives. Diagnosis ? An introduction. Diagnosis ? Telling and hearing. The dialogue of the clinical encounter. The double face of diagnosis. What do diagnoses mean and does it matter? Intimacy and distance in the clinical examination. The physician’s understanding of the patient’s bodily meaning. A diagnostic jungle? ? Ambiguities in classification. Certainty.