Alternatives to the stages model of the dying process

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Several models of the dying process—the Dying as Stages Model, the Death Trajectory-Phases Model, and the Personality-Repetitive Alternation Model—are reviewed and evaluated. An Interpersonal Reactions Model, based on social psychological concepts, is presented to resolve the differences in findings based on the previous models. The major suggestion of this new model is that dying individuals interpret cues given by interacting others to determine their behavioral response, particularly if there are no objective criteria by which they can assess their own physical condition. Thus, as a result of interaction, dying persons perceive themselves in much the same manner as do the significant others with whom they interact.

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