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MeSH Heading: Sick Role
Tree Number(s): F01.829.316.616.751
Unique ID: D012803
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012803
Scope Note: Set of expectations that exempt persons from responsibility for their illness and exempt them from usual responsibilities.
Previous Indexing: Role (1969-1970)
See Also: Illness Behavior
Public MeSH Note: 71
History Note: 71
Date Established: 1971/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

ethics (ES)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

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