Disease or Illness?

Disease or Illness?

Check out the October 26 entry “Disease or Illness?” from Dr. Wendy Harpham’s blog , On Healthy Survivorship.Dr Harpham is a MD, lymphoma survivor and author who speaks nationally about living with cancer. Her entry succinctly describes the difference between the terms disease and illness; two terms that are commonly used when talking about cancer. Follow the link to learn more about how she defines these terms when talking about medical problems. http://www.wendyharpham.typepad.com/

The writer is Janice Haines, co-director of Angel Foundation’s FaCT program.