Audrey Has Just Learned That She Has Cancer of the Pancreas

question 51

Multiple Choice

Audrey has just learned that she has cancer of the pancreas. Because she is a nurse, she knows that pancreatic cancer is an aggressive cancer and usually takes someone's life about a year after the diagnosis. However, she is convinced that the doctors have mixed up her chart with someone else's chart. Once she is shown that it is indeed her chart, she tells the doctor that the results are clearly erroneous. Audrey is experiencing _____ according to research by Kübler-Ross.

• A)anger
• B)depression
• C)denial
• D)forgiveness

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