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Critical illnesses
Name(s):
Dread disease
Nature
A group of illnesses identified for special forms of insurance coverage designed to provide a lump sum on their diagnosis and following the death which usually follows.
Broader
Human disease and disability
Narrower
Spinal cord injury
Multiple sclerosis
Human organ failure
Social implications of chronic terminal illness
Related
Prohibitive cost of life assurance
Aggravates
Sudden death
Fear of death
Inaccessibility of insurance
Strategy(ies)
Providing intensive medical care
Value(s)
Criticism
Disease
Dread
Illness
Overcritical
Uncritical
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems