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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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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D



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