A patient who has been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer and has a poor prognosis plans a trip across the country "to settle some issues with family members." The nurse recognizes that the patient is manifesting which psychosocial response to death?

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The patient's statement indicates that there is some unfinished family business that the patient would like to address before dying. There is no indication that the patient is protesting the prognosis,feels uncertain about the prognosis,or fears that life has been meaningless.

A Patient Who Has Been Diagnosed with Inoperable Lung Cancer