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Originally Posted by Mathgod
You just used different words to describe the same thing I was describing. It has the final say on how and when a diagnosis is made.
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No it doesnt, the patient has the final say as it is a diagnostic tool, the patient has to exhibit a set number of clearly recordable and provable indicators, it is generally 5 or so out of a possible 9 or 10 indicators, the indicators are concise, some obvious, some less so but short of a doctor inventing syptoms it takes away power from the doctor, it also makes it more difficult to lock people up for say being gay or left wing as a doctor can no longer just use one behaviour to justify a diagnosis.