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Role of Illness is a sociological concept introduced by sociologist Talcott Parsons in his 1951 work The Social System, defining the expectations rights and obligations society assigns to an individual when they are ill. According to Parsons illness is not merely a biological condition but also a socially institutionalized role【1】. This role functions as a social control mechanism to manage the disruptive effects of illness on social order and to reintegrate the individual into their social duti