Your aunt has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. Eventually she starts to plead with her doctors to authorize use of an experimental drug, saying she'll walk or swim every day if they'll prescribe it. Kübler-Ross would characterize her reaction as ____.
A) bargaining
B) flexibility
C) denial
D) acceptance

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Kubler-Ross's stages of grief include denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. In this scenario, the aunt's plea to use an experimental drug in exchange for promising to walk or swim every day represents bargaining as a coping mechanism.

Your Aunt Has Been Diagnosed with a Terminal Illness