Sarah came home from a doctor's appointment and told her husband that the doctor said she had cancer. "I don't think he's right," she added. "I feel fine and I don't feel any tumors. I think I'm just going to wait a while to do anything about it." Which of Kübler-Ross's stages of dying is Sarah currently in?

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Sarah's reaction of disbelief and her decision to wait and not take immediate action suggests she is in the denial stage, where she is not accepting the reality of the diagnosis.

Sarah Came Home from a Doctor's Appointment and Told Her