ethnographic material I propose an approach to the diagnosis construction focused in the interpretive procedures used by professionals to decide it. Through the analysis I show that the diagnosis is not an objective fact which should be sought in the patient's experience but the result of an active construction practice. Keywords:
psychiatric
diagnosis,
psychiatric
hospital,
ethnography,
interpretative procedures
Fecha de recepci贸n: octubre 2010. Versi贸n final: marzo 2011.
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