"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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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 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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A behaviorist perspective. Adv Psychosom Med. 2011; 30:8-21.
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The differential effect of child age on the illness intrusiveness--parent distress relationship in juvenile rheumatic disease. Rehabil Psychol. 2009 Feb; 54(1):45-50.
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Age, aging, and the sense of control among older adults: a longitudinal reconsideration. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2003 Jul; 58(4):S212-20.
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The association between social support, intrusive thoughts, avoidance, and adjustment following an experimental cancer treatment. Psychooncology. 2003 Jul-Aug; 12(5):453-62.
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Cardiac anxiety in patients self-referred for electron beam tomography. J Behav Med. 2003 Feb; 26(1):67-80.
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Hepatitis C and depression. Depress Anxiety. 1998; 7(4):188-93.
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Beyond good and bad coping: a multidimensional examination of coping with pain in persons with rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Behav Med. 1997; 19(1):11-21.
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Advances in comprehensive pain management. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 1996 Sep; 19(3):589-611.
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On babies and bathwater: disease impact and negative affectivity in the self-reports of persons with rheumatoid arthritis. Health Psychol. 1995 Jan; 14(1):64-73.
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Nursing outreach to rural elderly people who are mentally ill. Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1993 Sep; 44(9):821-3.