sickrole

Japanese: sickrole
sickrole

…In modern society, when a person in such a state is diagnosed by a doctor as having an illness, he or she is definitively treated as a sick person in society. In medical sociology, this is called the sick role. In other words, by having an illness, a sick person is exempt from some or all of the obligations and responsibilities in everyday social life. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "sickrole" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…近代社会においては,そのような状態にある者は,医師によって病気をもつと判断されることで,決定的に病人としての社会的扱いを受けるようになる。医療社会学でいう病気の役割sickroleである。つまり,病気をもつことによって,病人は日常的な社会生活における義務や責任の一部または全部の免除が与えられる。…

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