They may provide new insights into pathology (Rosén et al. 2013; Ledford 2008) and anchor research models of all kinds to real-world illnesses in humans (Koren et al. 2007).
I suspect that for this man the isolation imposed by the impersonal, alien world of illness had become almost as debilitating as the illness itself.
As much as 60% of the world's illness is water-related.
I hope for a world where illness isn't equated with weakness, where mental-health issues do not discount physical ones, because, guess what, we are complex beings".
These failings become reminders of the vulnerability of the complex systems that preserve life — systems nearly invisible to us in health, though they eclipse the rest of the world during illness.
Unfortunately, in our globalized world the illness is contagious and can impact others.
To be honest with you, I had never met anyone with obvious life sustaining apparatuses before I was thrust into the world of illness so I truly have no idea what your perspective might be.
We are called to bear witness to the harsh reality that without comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services, women and girls around the world suffer illness, violence and death.
I think that gives you a view of the inner world of mental illness".
