TY - JOUR T1 - Disease versus illness in general practice JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 548 LP - 552 VL - 31 IS - 230 AU - Cecil G. Helman Y1 - 1981/09/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/31/230/548.abstract N2 - 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. ER -