Download or read book Social Aspects of Illness, Disease and Sickness Absence written by Halvor Nordby and published by Fagbokforlaget. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is sickness absence influenced by experienced illness, disease, and social context? This book offers new and original perspectives on the current debate. It seeks to understand long-term sickness absence by analysing basic concepts like illness, disease, and sickness, and by seeing sickness as a relation between individuals and their psycho-social environments. It combines empirical insight with a critical understanding of how individuals experience sickness as a social role.