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Multimorbidity: The Lived Experience and Health Inequality
The increasing global prevalence of multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs), or multimorbidity, emphasizes its disproportionate impact on disadvantaged communities and certain ethnic groups who develop these conditions earlier. One source highlights the significant gap in healthy life expectancy between affluent and deprived areas in England, attributing it to the earlier onset and cumulative impact of MLTCs. Both texts explore the multifaceted challengesassociated with living with MLTCs, describing it as a complex "workload" encompassing not only symptoms and medical appointments but also…
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