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The age of diagnosis : sickness, health and why medicine has gone too far
O'Sullivan, Suzanne2025
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Click and Collect for The age of diagnosis : sickness, health and why medicine has gone too farFrom autism to allergies, ADHD to long Covid, more people are being labelled with medical conditions than ever before. But can a diagnosis do us more harm than good? The boundaries between sickness and health are being redrawn. Mental health categories are shifting and expanding all the time, radically altering what we consider to be 'normal'. Genetic tests can now detect pathologies decades before people experience symptoms, and sometimes before they're even born. And increased health screening draws more and more people into believing they are unwell. An accurate diagnosis can bring greater understanding and of course improved treatment. But many diagnoses aren't as definitive as we think. And in some cases they risk turning healthy people into patients. Drawing on the stories of real people, as well as decades of clinical practice and the latest medical research, Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan overturns long held assumptions and reframes how we think about illness and health.
Main title:
The age of diagnosis : sickness, health and why medicine has gone too far / Suzanne O'Sullivan.
Author:
O'Sullivan, Suzanne, author
Imprint:
London : Hodder Press, 2025.©2025
Collation:
308 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
97813997276559781399727655978139972765597813997276489781399727655
Dewey class:
616.075
Language:
English
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BRN:
574299
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Health and Wellbeing | 616.075 OSU | On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 06 Jun 2025) |
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - Health and Wellbeing | 616.075 OSU | Onloan - Due: 06 Jul 2025 |
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - Health and Wellbeing | 616.075 OSU | Onloan - Due: 05 Jul 2025 |
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