Disease versus illness in general practice.
PubMedPublished 1 September 1981Open access
Cecil G. Helman
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Two different, though interrelated, conceptions of ill-health - disease and illness - are described and their value to general practice is shown.
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Two different, though interrelated, conceptions of ill-health - disease and illness - are described. Recent literature on this disease/illness model is reviewed, and the value of this approach to general practice is shown.
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