Traditionally, the patient adopts the sick role and hands over partial or complete responsibility for his well-being to the doctor. This role allows the patient to drop out of other roles, such as that of breadwinner, and be treated in a dependent, cossetted way. The sick role also requires the patient to seek recovery; otherwise social disapproval and withdrawal of privileges may follow.
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