Sick role

Sick role is a term used in medical sociology regarding sickness and the rights and obligations of the affected.^[1] It is a concept created by American sociologist Talcott Parsons in 1951.^[2] The sick role fell out of favour in the 1990s replaced by social constructist theories.^[3]

^ Millon, Theodore; Paul H. Blaney; Roger D. Davis (1999). Oxford Textbook of Psychopathology. Oxford University Press US. pp. 446. ISBN 978-0-19-510307-6.
^ Parsons, Talcott (1951). The Social System. Glencoe, IL: The Free Press.
^ Burnham, John C. (2014-02-01). "Why sociologists abandoned the sick role concept". History of the Human Sciences. 27 (1): 70–87. doi:10.1177/0952695113507572. ISSN 0952-6951. S2CID 145639676.

[1] Millon, Theodore; Paul H. Blaney; Roger D. Davis (1999). Oxford Textbook of Psychopathology. Oxford University Press US. pp. 446. ISBN 978-0-19-510307-6.

[Parsons_(1951)-2] Parsons, Talcott (1951). The Social System. Glencoe, IL: The Free Press.

[:2-3] Burnham, John C. (2014-02-01). "Why sociologists abandoned the sick role concept". History of the Human Sciences. 27 (1): 70–87. doi:10.1177/0952695113507572. ISSN 0952-6951. S2CID 145639676.

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