Medical science needs a clear, objective demarcation between disease and nondisease. Our current, elastic definition of disease imperils the scientific integrity of medical scientists and clear thinking about illness and treatment by physicians, patients, politicians, and the public.
Defining Disease
The Gold Standard of Disease versus the Fiat Standard of Diagnosis
By Thomas S. Szasz
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the Winter 2005/06 issue of The Independent Review.
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| Other Independent Review articles by Thomas S. Szasz | |
| Spring 2001 | The Therapeutic State:The Tyranny of Pharmacracy |
| Spring 1997 | The Case Against Psychiatric Coercion |
