Clinical Epidemiology
A mini review of disease, illness, sickness, and related terms for non-epidemiologists

Abdel-Hady El-Gilany

Volume 4, Continuous , 2023

https://doi.org/10.51757/IJEHS.4.2023.699933

Abstract
  Background: Disease, illness, and sickness are all overlapping terms that are not entirely synonymous. Illness, disease, and sickness all characterize different aspects of morbidity and must be treated as distinct entities. Changes in one aspect may have no bearing on changes in another. Despite their ...  Read More