Mr. Gonzalez has just been told that he has a rare form of cancer. He insists that there has been a mistake and asks his physician to retake his medical tests. According to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Mr. Gonzalez is most likely in the __________ stage of dying.
A) anger
B) bargaining
C) denial
D) reactive

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According to Kübler-Ross's five stages of grief, the first stage is denial, where the person refuses to believe that they are dying or that their diagnosis is correct. Mr. Gonzalez's insistence that there has been a mistake indicates that he is in the denial stage.

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