Planned Collectivity

Abstract

In a time-limited, highly structured program, a collectivity of cardiac patients and spouses gain access to information, acquire an increased sense of control, normalize, through peer feedback, the intensity of their grief and shock, and with the reinforcement of the social entity, move towards behavioural change. This paper identifies the cardiac program as a planned collectivity that is effectively utilized to achieve individual goals, employing principles of adult education and adaptation of some group processes for a specific purpose with a select population.