Valuing height: diagnosis, valuation and the case of idiopathic short stature

This paper proposes a ‘valuographic’ approach to diagnosis, exploring how values and valuation practices are implicated in the contested diagnostic category of idiopathic short stature (ISS). ISS describes children who are ‘abnormally’ short but do not have any other detectable pathology. In the USA...

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Autore principale: Morrison, M
Natura: Journal article
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. 2018