catastrophic illness

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catastrophic illness - severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery; usually involves high costs for hospitals and doctors and medicines

illness, sickness, unwellness, malady - impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

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Lessons From The Miracle Doctors: A Step By Step Guide To Optimum Health And Relief From Catastrophic Illness by Jon Barron (member of the advisory board of The Health Sciences Institute) is a no-nonsense guide that anyone can follow to optimize their diet, nutrition, exercise, and life habits for improved well-being, especially when confronted with the specter of severe health threats.

Lessons From The Miracle Doctors by Small Press Bookwatch

While this approach may work for the young, healthy and affluent, it does not benefit persons who suffer a catastrophic illness or injury, become chronically iii or lose their health insurance.

American nurses call for universal health system by Australian Nursing Journal

Future success for life insurers hinges on the ability to sell financial products that promise a lifetime income and protect against the toll catastrophic illness and inflation could take on individual assets.

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