Margaret is a 58-year-old-woman who has smoked almost all of her life,and now she has just been given a diagnosis of terminal lung cancer by her physician.Margaret is devastated,and begins to go to church and pray regularly.Her prayers consist of promising to quit smoking and devote the rest of her life to the good of other people if she receives a reprieve from God.According to Kübler-Ross,which of the five stages of death and dying is Margaret exhibiting?

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Margaret is exhibiting the third stage of death and dying, which is bargaining. She is trying to negotiate with a higher power for a different outcome, offering to make changes in her behavior and lifestyle in exchange for a reprieve from her diagnosis.

Margaret Is a 58-Year-Old-Woman Who Has Smoked Almost All of Her