History of Science 2200E Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Nosology, Louse, Dsm-5
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I. e. , a collection of cells, organs, tissues, chemical and electrical processes, and dna. Suffering, the body doesn"t suffer but the person does. It is about how we feel and think1. What is this thing that is happening to the body, structural, chemical, etc. (duffin, 67-8) Changes what you want to do with life (soccer player can"t play anymore) Usually looked at by psychologist or social worker. Today"s pathology tends to dissociate itself from psychological and social dimensions of illness to focus on the organic disease (i. e. , the lesion) There are a lot of diseases that do not have lesions. Shows why something happened- cause of mutation (cancer) Trying to figure out what made someone sick, what is the condition, lesion can help with this. Given the facts what is the likely outcome. How do we do treat this, what are we gonna do. Without evidence you aren"t going to get anywhere.