Sentence examples for illness illness from inspiring English sources

Her studies of languages of illness, Illness As Metaphor, (1978) and AIDS And Its Metaphors (1989) were writ ten under the shadow of her diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer, for which she sought experimental therapy in Paris.

For example, in "Going to the doctor", the author writes: "If love is a kind of illness, illness is a kind of love, on the grounds that it 'flies in the night', unpredictable and blind like the winged Cupid or a contagion you can't see coming…" Not to put too fine a point on it, this is drivel, by a man who sounds like he has very little experience, or even expectation, of real illness.

Results: Physicians explained the patient problems in terms of causal pathophysiological knowledge underlying the disease (disease model), whereas patients explained them in terms of narrative structures of illness (illness model).

The parameters indicate the percentage change in the number of hours worked, on average, in the case of maternal or paternal illness, illness of another member of the household, or access to a health centre.

A qualitative study of 26 Swedish physicians reported they found patients with fibromyalgia to be demanding, aggressive in collecting information on their illness, illness focused, and medicalising [ 26].

In addition, CMC's can be categorized into three dimensions of illness according to Rolland's typology: type of illness, illness stadium and components of family functioning (Rolland 1987).

Their model included three lines of work people undertake when living with a chronic illness: illness-related work (e.g., managing symptoms or crisis prevention, often named illness management), everyday life work (e.g., managing work or household tasks, often described as role management), and biographical work (e.g., managing emotions or identity).

Participants described a need for safety netting to contain information on signs and symptoms of serious and common illnesses, illness management and where and when to seek help.

In an essay titled "Literature + Illness = Illness," in "The Insufferable Gaucho," Bolaño confronts his own impending death, at the age of 50, from liver disease.

Not just casual illness - extreme illness.

Seldom is mental illness just illness.