The Age of Diagnosis: Sickness, Health and Why Medicine Has Gone Too Far. By S.O'Sullivan, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2025. 304 pp. £22 (hardback). ISBN: 978‐1‐39‐981963‐3

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  title        = {{The Age of Diagnosis: Sickness, Health and Why Medicine Has Gone Too Far. By S.O'Sullivan, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2025. 304 pp. £22 (hardback). ISBN: 978‐1‐39‐981963‐3}},
  author       = {Larissa James},
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