Patients' use of denial: coping with the unacceptable.
Nurses working with terminally ill or bereaved clients and their families need to understand the defence mechanism of denial and how it helps people to cope with unacceptable physical and psychological threats.
Davidhizar
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Bethel College, Mishawaka, Indiana, USA.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*