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Sick role is a term used in medical sociology regarding sickness and the rights and obligations of the affected. [1] It is a concept created by American sociologist Talcott Parsons in 1951. [ 2 ] The sick role fell out of favour in the 1990s replaced by social constructist theories.
By developing the “sick role mechanism” patients and doctors had to abide by a set of “rights” and “obligations” that would monitor entry into the sick role. The “rights” of a patient constituted an exemption from performing their respective social roles, such as going to work or housekeeping with the further exemption being ...
Sick building syndrome (SBS) is a condition in which people develop symptoms of illness or become infected with chronic disease from the building in which they work or reside. [1] In scientific literature, SBS is also known as building-related illness (BRI) , building-related symptoms (BRS) , or idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI) .
The person who is sick takes on a social role called the sick role. A person who responds to a dreaded disease, such as cancer, in a culturally acceptable fashion may be publicly and privately honored with higher social status. [45] In return for these benefits, the sick person is obligated to seek treatment and work to become well once more.
Such illness responses include lethargy, depression, anxiety, malaise, loss of appetite, [3] [4] sleepiness, [5] hyperalgesia, [6] reduction in grooming [1] [7] and failure to concentrate. [8] Sickness behavior is a motivational state that reorganizes the organism's priorities to cope with infectious pathogens .
Factitious disorder imposed on self (also called Munchausen syndrome) was for some time the umbrella term for all such disorders. [1] Factitious disorder imposed on another (also called Munchausen syndrome by proxy, Munchausen by proxy, or factitious disorder by proxy) is a condition in which a person deliberately produces, feigns, or ...
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In 1977 Frieda L. Gehlen offered a revised theory of hysterical contagion that argues that what is actually contagious is the belief that showing certain characteristics will "entitle one to the secondary benefits of the sick role." [1] It may be an unconscious decision on the part of the individual.