At 65, Terry is diagnosed with cancer. He refuses to believe that he has a sickness, because he feels fine, so he does not get any treatment. When his physician informs him that his case has become terminal because he did not act, Terry tells his friends that his doctor doesn't know what he's talking about. When Terry's friends begin to treat him differently than they did a year ago, Terry wonders why. According to Kübler-Ross, Terry is in the _________________ stage with regard to death.

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Terry is in the denial stage, as he refuses to accept his diagnosis and the reality of his condition, which is characteristic of the first stage of Kübler-Ross's model of the five stages of grief.

At 65, Terry Is Diagnosed with Cancer