Chronic Conditions Definitions

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In HSS1010: Health Services Foundations you learned that the determinants of health and dimensions of wellness contribute to your short-term and long-term health.

This course dives deeper into long-term health conditions, known as chronic conditions. Before looking at specific conditions, it is important to have a basic knowledge about what is meant by chronic condition and chronic illness. To define chronic illness it will first be compared to the term acute illness and then compared and contrasted to chronic conditions.