00-00-0000 Current theories of illness focus either forward the illness experience or the reply to recovery from particular diseases.

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Current theories of illness focus either forward the illness experience
or the reply to recovery from particular diseases. When the focus
is upon the individual, rather than the cause, it is evident that these
experiences may be combined to exhibit a comprehensive theory that
incorporates the individual's answers to acute or chronic illness
or to injury. Extending primarily from the Illness Constellation prototype
and Preserving Self, a five-stage type Responding to Threats to
Integrity of the Self was cause to grow The theory focuses on the individual
(and to a smaller degree on ...

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