The Age of Diagnosis: Sickness, Health and How Modern Medicine Has Gone Too Far
The Age of Diagnosis: Sickness, Health and How Modern Medicine Has Gone Too Far
We live in an age of diagnosis. The advance of sophisticated genetic sequencing techniques means that we may all soon be screened for potential abnormalities. The internet provides a vast array of information that helps us speculate about our symptoms. Conditions like ADHD and Autism are on the rapid rise, while other new categories like Long Covid are driven by patients themselves.