PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Cecil G. Helman
TI  - Disease versus illness in general practice
DP  - 1981 Sep 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 548--552
VI  - 31
IP  - 230
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/31/230/548.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/31/230/548.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1981 Sep 01; 31
AB  - Two different, though interrelated, conceptions of ill-health — disease and illness — are described. Recent literature on this disease/illness model is reviewed, and the value of this approach to general practice is shown.