Abstract:Starting with a distinction of two types of discourse analysis-the analysis of a discourse and discursive analysis-the article discusses an analytical genealogy of truth and knowledge production, that can fulfill both empirical and archival requirements. The model's main purpose lies in understanding diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making in doctor-patient interactions. Historically, diagnostic and therapeutic discourses, in particular in "experimental medicine and medical theory", used to be part of natur… Show more
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