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Perception Of Illness

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A negative perception of illness brings unhappiness and depression. For example, Clarice and her family’s life will not be the same as planned (“they have carefully planned the trips they would eventually take abroad when they retired”). Perception and acceptance improves when illness is viewed as something that occurs within a setting. Nurses and heath professional can help and encourage patients like Clarice and her family to viewing illness as a part of life allows. Therefore, this will allow patients to live more fully in the present. Thanks to the discovery of dialysis, ESRD patients are not dying within weeks as they did before. “It is one of the few treatments covered by Medicare for patients”. As Nurses, we have to widespread access

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