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The Age of Diagnosis: How Our Obsession with Medical Labels Is Making Us Sicker

Neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan examines the benefits and unintended harms of an expanding diagnostic culture. Through cases involving screening, genetic testing, neurodevelopmental labels, chronic symptoms, and overmedicalization, she asks when identifying a condition improves health and when it creates anxiety, overtreatment, or a lasting patient identity.

Publisher: Thesis
Publication date: 2025-03-18
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9780593852910

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1. People I (Mostly) Admire — We’re Not Getting Sicker; We’re OverdiagnosedChecked

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2. Armchair Expert — Suzanne O’Sullivan on OverdiagnosisChecked

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3. 5x15 — Suzanne O’Sullivan on The Age of DiagnosisChecked

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