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GONZALEZ, Mariela. MODEL OF ILLNESS AND HEALTH REPRESENTATION. WOULD IT APPLY TO CHRONIC DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT?. Gen [online]. 2017, vol.71, n.4, pp.137-142. ISSN 2477-975X.

The search for medical support, results from the experience of feeling sick, and this phase is considered as the last of the global process of the subjective experience of the disease. This process begins with a perception of the changes in the functions of the body; achieving awareness that something is happening in a way that is not familiar to the subject, and which is interpreted according to the frame of reference of the individual and social functioning of the individuals. It is through this cognitive process, product of psychological, psychosocial, sociological and cultural factors independently of the genetic, physiological or biological basis of the disease; that individuals interpret the symptoms of their body and attribute specific meanings to them. The present work, tries to initiate in elementary form the theme of the representation of the disease, planning the analysis of the evolution of the study of the disease; trying thus to arrive at a comprehensive vision of each one of the variables that influence at the time of originating a response to the disease. Remarking this, an approach to the emergence, development and validity of the model of representation of disease in its historical and current context, especially in chronic diseases of the digestive tract.

Palabras clave : representation of the disease; subjective experience of the disease; chronic diseases of the digestive tract.

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