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The grieving process is used as a model for explaining the process of resolving internalized negative societal attitudes toward homosexuality. The distressing feelings and personal difficulties involved in accepting or rejecting a homosexual orientation and life-style, as encountered by a woman struggling with identity formation, are presented in the context of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship.
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Paulette R. Di Angi (1982) studied this question.
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