When a nurse informs a patient's spouse that the patient has died, the spouse states, "You must be mistaken." According to Kübler-Ross's stages of dying theory, the spouse is demonstrating:
a. anger.
b. denial.
c. depression.
d. bargaining.
B
When experiencing denial, the individual acts as though nothing has happened and may refuse to believe or understand that loss has occurred.
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