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The impact of defense processes on coping with life-threatening diseases has been shown in many studies, especially with regard to cancer, chronic hemodialysis, and after myocardial infarction (Gaus & Köhle, 1986). However, systematic studies on patients after bone marrow transplantation (bmt) rarely focus on defense mechanisms influencing the adaptation process.
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Schwilk, C., Aeschelmann, D., Kächele, H., Simons, C., Arnold, R. (1993). Defense Mechanisms in Patients with Bone Marrow Transplantation: A Retrospective Study. In: Hentschel, U., Smith, G.J.W., Ehlers, W., Draguns, J.G. (eds) The Concept of Defense Mechanisms in Contemporary Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8303-1_24
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