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Stages of adjustment to a medical diagnosis of a serious somatic condition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

J.E. Mekarski
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Summary

Diagnosis of a serious somatic condition may precipitate a seven stage coping process: shock, denial, procrastination, bargaining, depression, anger and adaptation. Psychometric/statistical methods for operationalizing the stages are suggested.

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adjustmentdiagnosisdiseasestagesreification
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Perspectives
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European Psychiatry , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , March 1999 , pp. 49 - 51
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1999

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