单词sick-role
网络: 生病角色；病人角色；病者角色
In a sense, all we offer the aged is a sick role -- the role of the infirm person who has outlived his or her usefulness to society.
在某种意义上说，我们赋予老年人的全部角色就是作为一个病人—一个已经不再对社会有任何作用和价值的体弱病人的角色。
However, for some patients, the sick role is seen as an elevation in status-deserving the nurturance and concern of others.
然而，对于有些患者来说，病人的作用可视为社会状况的改善——病人理应得到别人的照顾和关心。
Talcott Parsons, the Sick Role and Chronic Illness Matthias Zick Varul
塔尔科特·帕森斯：疾病的角色与慢性病
The status involves the sick role;
另涉及生病的作用；