Concept tag
#concept-of-disease
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Deafness: disease, disability, or difference? And who gets to decide?
Last month a family in Amman asked me to help them think about a cochlear implant for their deaf toddler. The surgeon spoke of "correcting hearing loss". A Deaf friend of mine, who signs and has a rich social life in the…
Started by Dima Nasser4 replies -
What is Wakefield’s “harmful dysfunction” account, and why do psychiatrists still argue about it?
In our clinical module we spent a week on whether intense grief should ever be diagnosed as depression. When the diagnostic manual changed in 2013 and dropped the old exclusion for recent bereavement, there was a big argument, and one name kept…
Started by Elif Yıldız3 replies