chronic illness

collocation in English

meaningsofchronicandillness

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chronic
adjective
uk
/ˈkrɒn.ɪk/us
/ˈkrɑː.nɪk/
(especially of a disease or something bad) continuing for a ...
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illness
noun
uk
/ˈɪl.nəs/us
/ˈɪl.nəs/
a disease of the body ...
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(Definition ofchronicandillnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofchronic illness

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Creating health withchronicillness.
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Organizing care for patients withchronicillness.
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Physician-patient partnership in managingchronicillness.
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Discoveringchronicillnessusing grounded theory.
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Living withchronicillness: living with uncertainty.
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Coping withchronicillnessand disability through creative needlecraft.
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Assessing the functional status of older patients withchronicillness.
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Depression is certainly common among those withchronicillness.
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The relationship of appraisal and coping tochronicillnessadjustment.
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Unending work and care: managingchronicillnessat home.
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Men, in turn, suffer increased fatalchronicillnessand less acute illness.
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The extent ofchronicillnessresulting from pesticide exposure is much less documented.
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Late-life depression : how to treat patients with co-morbidchronicillness.
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No sibling had any major malformation orchronicillnessthat potentially influenced long-term growth.
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Shaping a new health care system: the experience ofchronicillnessas a catalyst for change.
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One explanation is that people with achronicillnessare more motivated to use health information.
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The trends exhibited by both limitingchronicillnessand functional disability over time are interesting.
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Coping and social support in older people's experience ofchronicillness.
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This allows an understanding of family adaptation tochronicillness(rather than just individual responses).
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Chronicillnessexperience such as hypertension is mediated by social class, gender and age.
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A nursing model forchronicillnessmanagement based upon the trajectory framework.
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This requirement is especially important for older patients and for those experiencingchronicillness.
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Assessing illness representations ofchronicillness: explorations of their disease-specific nature.
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