Chávez manages information about his illness and treatment as part of a political strategy.

Patients, too, may fail to seek treatment, because mental illness still carries a stigma that can make it harder to acknowledge than a physical illness.

Treatment When eosinophilic pneumonia is related to an illness such as cancer or parasitic infection, treatment of the underlying cause is effective in resolving the lung disease.

order obligatorily medical treatment, if the person is alcohol abuser or abuses other psychotropic substances or suffers an illness

The problem has been aggravated, in the US at least, by the refusal of some health insurance policies to cover treatment for mental illness.

Foreign born patients may interrupt treatment due to lack of confidence in diagnosis and care, or they may ignore the more minor symptoms of the illness.

Cultural beliefs and practices associated with causes and treatment of illness, and other lifestyle behaviors, are important determinants of women's health status, and in the prevention of morbidity and mortality.

If we are successful, by the end of the decade we will save more than 20 million lives, prevent nearly one billion cases of illness, and save almost 12 billion in treatment costs alone.

Facing Down Mental Illness

Although much of the debate lies in the discussion of cases where people are unable to make choices about their own treatment due to being incapacitated or having a mental illness that affects their judgement.

In 7 of cases the procedure relates to illness related matters, such as assessment by the company physician because of absence through illness.

His illness may be cancer.

He talked about her illness.

She's suffering from an illness.

Serious illness can strike anyone, and seriously ill people, as a rule, do not earn much money. The longer the seriously ill are untreated, the more costly their eventual treatment and maintenance become.

The legislation, which still has to pass through the House of Representatives, would require health insurance plans provided by employers to cover treatment for mental illness at a level similar to coverage for general health care.

The expenses were for providing (a) medical treatment of disease and illness (b) vaccinations (c) family planning services (d) water and sanitation facilities and services and (e) overtime and other payments to medical and support personnel.

A score of more than 300 means that individual is at risk for illness, a score between 150 and 299 means risk of illness is moderate, and a score under 150 means that individual only has a slight risk of illness.

Children of the insured who due to illness or injury terminated their regular schooling, are entitled to health insurance during illness or injury.

An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient.

The first two came into effect on 1 April 2004 and 1 May 2004 respectively. The Bill on equal treatment for people with a disability or chronic illness became law on 1 December 2003.

Similarly, Cho s history of mental illness was widely discussed.

Austen continued to work in spite of her illness.

(1997) The Cultural Context of Health, Illness and Medicine .

Layla had an undiagnosed mental illness.

Early this year, we launched a national health insurance scheme to encourage widespread and timely resort to medical consultation, and to ensure the delivery and development of health care, while providing treatment of illness, as well as prenatal and postnatal care.

He is concerned about his father's illness.

Sami didn't have a diagnosable mental illness.

Sami is being treated for mental illness.

Undernourished children are more susceptible to illness.

Compensation for death, injury or illness attributable

A system developed by scientists and funded from the State budget provides medical monitoring, clinical examinations, illness diagnosis and treatment, sanitation and therapy in sanatoriums and health resorts mitigate to some extent the health damage suffered.

After his surgery, invoking God, Fidel Castro, the spirits of the savannah, and medical science, he responded to rumors about his illness and made his return from treatment in Havana a double celebration of Venezuela s bicentennial and of his triumph over cancer.

Given that multiple homicides in the US draw international interest, media reports highlighting a perpetrator s mental illness or describing insanity pleas inform perceptions of mental illness worldwide.

The difference in the quality of medical care received by people with mental illness is one of the reasons why they live shorter lives than people without mental illness.

The funding provides for coordinated clinical care, population health and health promotion activities to facilitate illness prevention, early interventions and effective illness management.

Sami wasn't showing the signs and symptoms of serious mental illness.

I believed that Septicemia was only a result of his illness.

My uncle has completely recovered from his illness.

Sami was struck down by a mystery illness.

Sami's mental illness cut his modeling career short.

The illness forced Cash to curtail his touring.

A primary challenge is posed by the nature of mental illness itself.

Disorders Some illusions occur as result of an illness or a disorder.

The rate of illness from tuberculosis had increased after the war in comparison with the rate of illness before the war and is brought directly in relation with the impoverishment of the population.