Rachel has been working with John since he was initially diagnosed with cancer. At the beginning, John expressed shock and disbelief and described feeling almost “surreal.” It has been 3 months since then. John comes to his biweekly chemotherapy appointments on Fridays so he has the weekend to recover. He has only missed a couple days of work but went ahead and completed FMLA paperwork with his employer’s human resources department in case he needs to take more time off. John had experienced persistent diarrhea as a consequence of the chemotherapy, but he made sure to discuss it with his physician, and with a change in diet and a new prescription, it is now under control. Rachel and John reflect on John’s initial diagnosis and note how John has ___________________________ to his

cancer diagnosis.

a. Reconciled
b. Adapted
c. Reoriented
d. Disengaged


Ans: b

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