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sick role: a standalone construct

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Medical sociology

a social role granting the ill exemption from normal duties on condition that they want to recover and seek competent help.

In medical sociology, sick role refers to a social role granting the ill exemption from normal duties on condition that they want to recover and seek competent help. This meaning comes from Parsons (1975) in The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. Health and Society.[1]

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References

Parsons, T. (1975). The Sick Role and the Role of the Physician Reconsidered. The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. Health and Society, 53(3), 257. https://doi.org/10.2307/3349493

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