"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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| 1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 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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Andrews NR, Chaney JM, Mullins LL, Wagner JL, Hommel KA, Jarvis JN. 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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Wolinsky FD, Wyrwich KW, Babu AN, Kroenke K, Tierney WM. 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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Devine D, Parker PA, Fouladi RT, Cohen L. 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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Carmin CN, Wiegartz PS, Hoff JA, Kondos GT. Cardiac anxiety in patients self-referred for electron beam tomography. J Behav Med. 2003 Feb; 26(1):67-80.
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Mold JW, Hamm RM, Jafri B. The effect of labeling on perceived ability to recover from acute illnesses and injuries. J Fam Pract. 2000 May; 49(5):437-40.
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Yates WR, Gleason O. Hepatitis C and depression. Depress Anxiety. 1998; 7(4):188-93.
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Smith CA, Wallston KA, Dwyer KA, Dowdy SW. 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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Smith CA, Wallston KA, Dwyer KA. 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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Buckwalter KC, Abraham IL, Smith M, Smullen DE. Nursing outreach to rural elderly people who are mentally ill. Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1993 Sep; 44(9):821-3.
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Rusnack B, Schaefer SM, Moxley D. Hospice: social work's response to a new form of social caring. Soc Work Health Care. 1990; 15(2):95-119.