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posted on 2011-03-01, 00:00 authored by Lennard J. DavisThis article argues that traditional models of diagnosis are incomplete in their reliance on a models of certainty that are no longer tenable in a postmodern world. Further, it argues that the current form of diagnosis, as applied to psychiatric and affective disorders, reduces patient agency and reinscribes the effects of biopower.
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The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com; DOI: 10.1007/s11673-010-9230-xPublisher
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