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Author: Jacquelyn L. Banasik PhD ARNP
Publisher: Saunders
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To explain: The key features of Selye’s general adaptation syndrome.
Introduction: General adaptation syndrome (GAS) is a three-stage process. It describes how the body undergoes certain physiological changes when it is under stress. In 1936, the theory of GAS was developed by a medical doctor and researcher Hans Selye. He described three predictable changes in which the body responds against the stressors.
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