While Felix is in the hospital receiving chemotherapy, he berates the nurses for being too slow and berates his doctors for not "doing enough for me to stop the cancer.". Felix is exhibiting which reaction to impeding death?

a. anger
b. denial and isolation
c. bargaining
d. depression


A

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