Search for: [Abstract = "treatment. The more advanced patients’ age, the higher was the readiness to accept the changes. The results confirm that the higher the age, the lower the fear level. The analysis of the relation between the health condition perception and psychological factors \(optimism, fear as a state and a quality as well as acceptance of own disease\) enables to draw a conclusion that the perception of own disease depends relevantly on a fear level as a quality.The own health perception also depends largely on own disease acceptance. According to the results, the fear level is high among the majority of patients. The higher level of fear was found as a state and a feature among those patients who perceive themselves as ill. The fear level as a state, influences the readiness to accept pain and death. The fear level as a feature significantly influences the readiness to accept chemotherapy or another form of further treatment. The communication between a patient and the people around him\/her is crucial, with the role of doctors and a psychologist being of utmost importance. The results prove that psychological education may contribute to the acceptance of such changes after the surgery like quitting addictions, starting chemotherapy or another forms of treatment. \; A clear advantage of the thesis is that it provides the answer to many crucial questions concerning Polish society from the per"]

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