Coping with Life-Threatening Illness
A Task Model
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13630564 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth J Doka (0000-0002-4266-3748, College of New Rochelle, New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 111-122 |
| Publication date | 1996-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/0weh-qubg-67vg-ykjk |
| OpenAlex | W2003473758 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 12 |
For many years Rubier-Ross' stage theory of dying has been the predominant model, at least popularly, in the field of thanatology. Yet this model has sustained considerable criticisms. This article reviews criticisms of the stage model. It suggests that a new model would need to widen consideration of the range of coping mechanisms that individuals employ as they struggle with life-threatening illnesses; emphasize that no style of coping is inherently preferable; reaffirm the individuality of responses; and recognize the complexity of the process of life-threatening illness. The article proposes that a more effective model for understanding coping with life-threatening illness would emphasize the varied tasks that individuals face at each phase of illness
Coping (psychology · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Thanatology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology
Theories and concepts about society, dying, and bereavement commonly discussed in education about death, dying, and bereavement
The Institutionalization of Kübler-Ross’s Five-Stage Model of Death and Dying
Death Positivity in America
Should We Incorporate the Work of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in Our Current Teaching and Practice and, If So, How
A Nonheroic Cancer Narrative
The ‘five stages’ in coping with dying and bereavement
Memorialisation and the metaphor of final journeys
The Process of Grieving
Let’s Stop “Staging” Persons Who Are Coping With Loss
Preserving Self
Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and the Tradition of the Private Sphere
A Q-Methodological Study of the Kubler-Ross Stage Theory
Social Functions of Denial of Death
A Task-Based Approach to Coping with Dying
Clinical Research and the Stages of Dying
Psychosocial Analysis of Cancer Deaths
Coping with dying
The age of maturity for death education
On dying and denying
Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2025 (30) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |