According to Rando's phases of grief responses, the patient who is beginning emotional healing and learning to deal with the loss that they have experienced is in the phase of:
1. avoidance.
2. confrontation.
3. accommodation.
4. depression.
3
In the accommodation phase, emotional healing is beginning, the intensity of grief gradually subsides, and the person learns to deal with the loss.
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