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- Title
PERCEPTIONS OF DISEASE AND ILLNESS AMONG FREQUENT ATTENDERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH CLINICS IN ISRAEL.
- Authors
SHARABANI, Rachel; COJOCARU, Ştefan
- Abstract
Background: The significance of these disease representations is their contribution to understanding the meaning and definition one ascribes to the illness, as well as how one copes with and adjusts to it (Leventhal et al. 1980). Frequent attenders consume a great deal of medical care and create a burden for the treating physician and the healthcare system (Bass and May 2002). Methodology: The purposes of the study were to characterize the perception of disease and illness among frequent attenders and to understand the meaning of sense of health as perceived by frequent attenders. In this paper will present the findings of ten semi-structured in-depth interviews. Results: The research findings show how perceptions of disease and illness, as well as deficient coping with illness among frequent attenders, constitute an element that disrupts normal life and requires considerable use of healthcare services due to the resulting sense of discomfort and pressure. Conclusions: Use of an intervention model that enhances one's mental resilience appears to be a possible solution for reducing the phenomenon of frequent attenders.
- Subjects
HEALTH care industry; DISEASES; PUBLIC health; SENSORY perception; PHYSICIANS
- Publication
Scientific Annals of the 'Al. I. Cuza' University, Iasi. Sociology & Social Work / Analele Stiintifice ale Universitatii 'Al. I. Cuza' Iasi Sociologie si Asistenta Sociala, 2018, Vol 11, Issue 1, p91
- ISSN
2065-3131
- Publication type
Article