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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
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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