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Classification and the Social Construction of Disease in Medical Systems: A Historical Comparison of Syphilis and HIV/AIDS in the United States

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Classifying patients to diagnose and treat disease, ensure access to medical care, adhere to standards of quality, contain costs, and fulfill contractual obligations is critical to the delivery of healthcare. While classification is a fundamental standardizing process in healthcare, as a social process it is the product of negotiations, organizational...

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social construction, classification, and HIV/AIDS

Subject:

Sociology

Creator:

Rebecca Culyba

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Scholarly Digital Publishing

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10/01/2018

Date Modified:

10/01/2018

Date Created:

2008-12-05

Resource Type:

Dissertation