 Styles of adjustment to coronary graft surgeryAlan Radley and Ruth Green Social Science & Medicine, 1985, vol. 20, issue 5, 461-472 Abstract: Using Herzlich's descriptions of styles of adaptation to illness a conceptual scheme is offered which sets out four potential modes of adjustment to illness (ACCOMMODATION, ACTIVE-DENIAL, RESIGNATION, SECONDARY GAIN). A study is reported in which a group of 40 patients attending for CABGS were interviewed to assess their adjustment style, their expectations of surgery and their pattern of activities. A second group of 40 patients who had received CABGS approx. 11 months previously were also interviewed regarding their course of recovery, activity pattern and style of adjustment to illness. Results indicate that the same adjustment styles may not be employed prior to surgery as are adopted during recovery. Specific findings indicate that different styles of adjustment are consistent with different expectations of surgery; with changes in patterns of activity; and with particular courses of recovery. These differences were not explicable in terms of the degree of angina reported by patients either prior to or following CABGS. Discussion of these and related findings point to the explanatory potential of the conceptual system outlined in the paper, within which scheme further questions of adjustment to illness can be addressed. Date: 1985 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:socmed:v:20:y:1985:i:5:p:461-472 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Social Science & Medicine is currently edited by Ichiro (I.) Kawachi and S.V. (S.V.) Subramanian More articles in Social Science & Medicine from Elsevier |
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