Sick of the Sick Role: Narratives of What "Recovery" Means to People With CFS/ME. [PDF]
Little is known about what recovery means to those with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, a poorly understood, disabling chronic health condition.
Cheshire A, Ridge D, Clark LV, White PD.
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An experimental test of the impact of adolescent anxiety on parental sick role reinforcement behavior. [PDF]
A large body of work links parental sick role reinforcement behavior to adolescent panic vulnerability. To date, however, little work has examined the role of the adolescent in this process. The current study addressed this gap in the literature, using a
Bilsky SA +4 more
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c-MYC-Making Liver Sick: Role of c-MYC in Hepatic Cell Function, Homeostasis and Disease. [PDF]
Over 35 years ago, c-MYC, a highly pleiotropic transcription factor that regulates hepatic cell function, was identified. In recent years, a considerable increment in the number of publications has significantly shifted the way that the c-MYC function is
Zheng K, Cubero FJ, Nevzorova YA.
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A randomized controlled trial of a self-led, virtual reality-based cognitive behavioral therapy on sick role adaptation in colorectal cancer patients: study protocol [PDF]
Background Significant concomitants of the sick role maladaptation in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients include inappropriate cognitions, emotional states, and overt conducts associated to disease. This protocol was developed to implement and evaluate the
Xinxin Li +6 more
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This article examines the sick role theory introduced by Talcott Parsons applying his background theoretical context. It additionally attempts to ascertain how the sick role theory delineates the physician-patient relationship.
Mohmmad Ali Heidarnia, Ali Heidarnia
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Health Behavior, Illness Behavior, and Sick-Role Behavior
(1966). Health Behavior, Illness Behavior, and Sick-Role Behavior. Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal: Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 531-541.
S V, Kasl, S, Cobb
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In encounters between general practitioners (GPs) and patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS), the negotiation of the sick role is a social process.
Nanna Mik-Meyer, Anne Roelsgaard Obling
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The Role of Social Integration in the Clubs of Treated Alcoholics in Croatia [PDF]
Social integration and its role on a population’s general health is an oft-debated concept; primarily through the sub-field of social epidemiology. This research takes the concept and correlates it with some aspects of physical and psychological well ...
Erik Brezovec +2 more
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The double bind of social legitimacy: On disability, the sick role, and invisible work.
During the last few decades, the human rights paradigm has shifted the normative status of disabled people, providing, in principle, the right to full and equal participation. Particularly in neoliberal economies, however, participation in work life is a
J. Grue
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Sick or Sad? A Qualitative Study on How Dutch GPs Deal With Sadness Complaints Among Young Adults
Feelings of sadness among young adults related to a certain phase of life or to societal factors run the risk of being interpreted as an individual medical problem.
Eva L. van Dijk +5 more
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