Question

While disease, illness, and sickness may seem to describe the same circumstance of being unwell, medical anthropologists distinguish between the terms to more precisely describe the experiences of people with health-related problems. Match each term to the correct definition.
1. illness
2. sickness
3. disease

A. the individual patient's experience of being unwellB. a discrete natural entity that can be clinically identified and treated by a health professionalC. an individual's public expression of his or her health, including social expectations about how one should behave and how others will respond

Answer 1

Answer:

1) matches A)

2) matches C)

3) matches B)

Explanation:

1) Illness : It can be defined as A) the individual patient's experience of being unwell

2) Sickness : It can be defined as C)  an individual's public expression of his or her health, including social expectations about how one should behave and how others will respond

3) Disease : It can be defined as B) a discrete natural entity that can be clinically identified and treated by a health professional