Her ideas, notably the five stages of grief model, including denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance are also transferable to personal change and emotional upset (Kübler-Ross 1969). Similar reactions can be observed when people are confronted with work redundancy, enforced relocation, crime and punishment, disability, illness and injury, and relationship and financial problems. So while stopping smoking, drinking alcohol or eating sugary foods might be seen as a logical and immediate response to a newly diagnosed health problem from the health practitioner’s perspective, the patient may need time to adjust to the new situation to be able to implement the changes necessary.