When is a disease a "non-disease"?
A recent vote on bmj.com to identify "non-diseases" found almost
200, some of which already appear in official classifications of
disease. Smith (p 883) argues that to have your condition labelled as a
disease may bring considerable benefit, but the diagnosis may also
create problems
you may be denied insurance, a mortgage, and
employment. He says that everything is to be gained and nothing lost by
raising consciousness about the "slipperiness of the concept of
disease."
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