Martha is 82 years old and has been diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease. Her kidney specialist has told her that treatments are becoming less and less effective and that it's only a matter of time before her kidneys fail completely.
Although Martha understands what her physician has told her, she returns home in a state of shock. She decides that her physician must be mistaken and asks her daughter to help her find a new kidney specialist. Which stage of the Kbler-Ross model is Martha experiencing?
A) denial
B) anger
C) bargaining
D) depression
Question 2
The decline of the body's vital functions that results in death is
A) dementia.
B) impairment.
C) disease.
D) dying.
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