Putting a Name to It

Diagnosis in Contemporary Society

Annemarie Jutel (Victoria University of Wellington)

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Johns Hopkins University Press
02 July 2024

Illness & addiction: social aspects; Medicolegal issues; Medical diagnosis

Outlines how the social dimensions of medical diagnosis can deepen our understanding of health.

Diagnosis is central to medicine. It creates order, explains illness, identifies treatments, and predicts outcomes. In Putting a Name to It, Annemarie Jutel presents medical diagnosis as more than a mere clinical tool, but as a social phenomenon with the potential to deepen our understanding of health, illness, and disease.

Jutel outlines how the sociology of diagnosis should function by situating it within the broader discipline, laying out the directions it should explore, and discussing how the classification of illness and the framing of diagnosis relate to social status and order. This second edition provides important updates to the groundbreaking first edition by incorporating new research that demonstrates how the social nature of diagnosis is just as important as the clinical. It includes new perspectives on diagnostic recognition, diagnostic coding, lay diagnosis, crowdsourced diagnosis, algorithmic diagnosis, diagnostic exploitation, diagnostic systems, stigmatizing diagnosis, and contested diagnosis. The new edition also features a case study of COVID-19 from a critical sociological perspective and a new conclusion.

Both a challenge and a call to arms, Putting a Name to It is a lucid, persuasive argument for formalizing, professionalizing, and advancing long-standing practice. Jutel's innovative, open approach and engaging arguments illustrate how diagnoses have the power to legitimize our medical ailments—and stigmatize them.

By: Annemarie Jutel (Victoria University of Wellington)
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: second edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 295g
ISBN: 9781421448923
ISBN 10: 1421448920
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 02 July 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments Introduction: What's in a Name? Chapter 1: Lumping or Splitting: Classification in Medical Diagnosis Chapter 2: Social Framing and Diagnosis: Corpulence and Fetal Death Chapter 3: What's Wrong with Me? Diagnosis and the Patient-Doctor Relationship Chapter 4: Contested Diagnoses and the Medically Unexplained Chapter 5: Engines of Diagnosis Chapter 6: Technologies of Diagnosis Chapter 7: COVID-19 as a Sociological Phenomenon Conclusion: Directions for the Sociology of Diagnosis References Index

Annemarie Jutel (WELLINGTON, NZ) is a professor of health and an associate dean at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. She is the author of Diagnosis: Truths and Tales.

Reviews for Putting a Name to It: Diagnosis in Contemporary Society

The book is an interesting read and offers a convincing appraisal of the social construct of diagnosis. A critical recommendation for all who often interphase with a diagnosis. —© Doody's Review Service, 2025