This article analyzes the relationship between social representations and the experience of illness. The study is a critical review of the debate on illness. The work focuses on (a) a review of the concept of "social representations of illness"; (b) key aspects of the experience of illness and; (c) principles for understanding the illness process. The authors also emphasize the necessary link between the experience of illness and the context of its material and symbolic production.
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