Chapter 9. Emotion and objectivity in medical diagnosis

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Contributing authors IX
4. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 2. Diagnosis as an aid and a curse in dealing with others 17
6. Chapter 3. A diagnosed life in an institutional setting: Can the dancer walk? 33
7. Chapter 4. From diagnostic to aesthetic: Moving beyond diagnosis 65
8. Chapter 5. Revisiting authority in physician-patient interaction 83
9. Chapter 6. "I just wanna know why": Patients' attempts and physicians' respronses to premature solicitation of diagnostic information 103
10. Chapter 7. Aggravated resistance to problem formulations in therapy 137
11. Chapter 8. Learning to diagnose: Production of diagnostic hypotheses in problem-based learning tutorials 153
12. Chapter 9. Emotion and objectivity in medical diagnosis 179
13. Chapter 10. The diagnostic practises of Speech-Language Pathologists in America over the last century 201
14. Chapter 11. The diagnosis of deafness in Nicaragua 223
15. Chapter 12. Documenting awareness of the cultural process of diagnosis: Letters of recommendation for medical school faculty 241
16. Chapter 13. Speaking about menopause: Possibilities for a cultural discourse analysis 263
17. Chapter 14. The diagnosis of the constituents of communication in everyday discourse: Some functions, enabling conditions, consequences, and remedies 277
18. Backmatter 299