Health and illness concepts

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Conscious beliefs about illness

- Determine the action of a person
- information he gives to the doctor
- treatment options he wants
- adherence to treatment
- his emotional, behavioural and cognitive responses to the illness

Illness belief are not necessarily accurate or coherent

Illness representation are individual, shaped by many factors  like:

- Personal history
- experience of different illnesses
- social and cultural learning

If people believe illness is controllable

They take active part in the treatment and rehabilitation
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