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Length of hospital stay, functional independence and life satisfaction after stroke

L Sonde1, M Viitanen

  • 1Karolinska Institutet, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Huddinge Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research. Internationale Zeitschrift Fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue Internationale De Recherches De Readaptation
|April 17, 2001
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Classification of Illness

The meaning of illness is individualized to each person who experiences an alteration in health. In contrast, disease is a medical term indicating a pathological change in the structure and function of the body or mind. It is a condition that has specific symptoms and boundaries.
An illness is a response to a disease in which the person's level of functioning is changed compared with a previous level. The general classification of illness includes acute and chronic.
Acute illness is severe and...