"Sick Role" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Set of expectations that exempt persons from responsibility for their illness and exempt them from usual responsibilities.
| Descriptor ID |
D012803
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.829.316.616.751
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| Concept/Terms |
Sick Role- Sick Role
- Role, Sick
- Roles, Sick
- Sick Roles
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sick Role" by people in Profiles.
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The concept of disease in the time of COVID-19. Theor Med Bioeth. 2020 12; 41(5-6):203-221.
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The patient's work. Camb Q Healthc Ethics. 2007; 16(1):44-52.
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Rates and predictors of mortality in an aging, rural, community-based cohort: the role of depression. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2002 Nov; 59(11):1046-52.