The phrase "appreciation of illness" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the understanding or recognition of the complexities and nuances of illness, whether physical or mental.
Example: "The appreciation of illness can lead to more compassionate care and better patient outcomes."
Alternatives: "understanding of illness" or "recognition of illness".
Usually clinicians associate pertussis with children and lack of knowledge or appreciation of clinical illness caused by pertussis in adults often renders it unrecognized.
Over the last two decades, assessment of patient health status has undergone a dramatic paradigm shift, evolving from a predominant reliance on biochemical and physical measurements, such as erythrocyte sedimentation rate, lipid profiles, or radiographs, to an emphasis upon health outcomes based on the patient's personal appreciation of their illness.
Our findings, drawn from three large academic medical centers, indicate a need to expand and refresh a truly patient-centered appreciation of the full illness experience for patients with GI illness.
Increasing appreciation of the long term course of illness, and enhancement of the therapeutic alliance and compliance are also by-products of the LCM.
While his research interests fall under premodern Japanese studies, he maintains an appreciation for public health and cultural understandings of illness.
Increasingly, efficacy measurements have incorporated clinically meaningful categorical definitions and time elements that reflect appreciation of schizophrenia as a chronic illness with episodes of response, prolonged response, remission, relapse, and recovery [ 24].
It enhanced their appreciation of the different dimensions of chronic illness, environmental and social factors, and how illness fitted in with normal life.
Many of these rulings are fairly silent on the detail of appreciation but there is some detail in cases involving schizophrenia where delusions and lack of insight (awareness of illness) were features [ 27].
