this case report describes a 34-year-old female patient who suffered from chronic vomiting. different diagnostic and therapeutic procedures were noncontributory. ëventually, psychiatric interviews specified that she has a dependent, self-hurting and attention-seeking personality. she wanted to assume the “sick role”. malingering and conversion disorder were ruled out and münchausen’s syndrome w...

Weighing the challenges in Nigerian educational institutions, sick role of Talcott Parson is deployed to examine dysfunction institution. This paper engaged theoretical perspective as well relevant literature investigate and suggested how reduce undue interruption academic activities caused mostly by strike actions. The contributed a logical conclusion that education institution's poses great d...

BACKGROUND The number of people on sick-leave started to increase in Sweden and several other European countries towards the end of the 20th century. Physicians play an important role in the sickness insurance system by acting as gate-keepers. Our aim was to explore how General Practitioners (GPs) view their sick-listing commission and sick-listing practice. METHODS Semi-structured interviews...

OBJECTIVE To study differences between working and sick-listed chronic repetitive strain injury (RSI) patients in the Netherlands with respect to indices of quality of life and illness perception. METHODS In a cross-sectional design, one questionnaire was sent to all 3,250 members of the national RSI patient association. For descriptive purposes, demographics, work status and complaint-relate...

This study utilizes a multivariate, correlational, expost facto research design to examine Parsons' "sick role" as a dynamic, time-sensitive process of "sick role" and "recovery role" and the impact of this process on goal attainment (H1) and psychosocial distress (H2) of adult survivors of acquired brain injury. Measures used include the Brief Symptom Inventory-18, a Goal Attainment Scale, and...