Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed). For epidemiological studies chronic disease often includes HEART DISEASES; STROKE; CANCER; and diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2).
    

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Conference : recent developments in prevention and therapy through Maharishi ayur-veda towards a disease-free society : new approaches to the prevention and treatment of heart disease, chronic disorders, cancer, AIDS : Royal College of Physicians, London, Monday 17 October 1988 / World Medical Association for Perfect Health - Great Britain.

Clinical lectures on senile and chronic diseases / by J.M. Charcot ; translated by William S. Tuke.

Feeling iffy : a zine for chronically ill babes / Club Foof.

Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine : présentée et soutenue le 19 juin 1845, / par Alexis-Isidore-Hilaire Cordier, né à Ribemont (Aisne) ... Des palpitations du cœur.

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Feeling iffy : a zine for chronically ill babes / Club Foof.

Thèse pour le doctorat en médecine : présentée et soutenue le 19 juin 1845, / par Alexis-Isidore-Hilaire Cordier, né à Ribemont (Aisne) ... Des palpitations du cœur.

Understanding chronic pain / Angela J. Koestler, Ann Myers.

Textbook of chronic diseases : a handbook for nurses / by R. Gordon Cooke.

Essentials of body mechanics in health and disease / Joel E. Goldthwait [and others].