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Sick Role

"Sick Role" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

Set of expectations that exempt persons from responsibility for their illness and exempt them from usual responsibilities.


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