Question

Johnnie was just diagnosed with lung cancer and has been given 6 months to live. Johnnie thinks the doctors must be wrong. He can’t have cancer because he never smoked. This would illustrate which of Kübler-Ross's stages?

Answer 1

The answer is stage one: denial.

Step-by-step explanation:

It is the first of the five stages of grief, and helps us cope with with the loss (or the possibility of loss). After the shock, the person might feel that life is meaningless or unfair, and might simply continue living in an automated, dull way.

In this stage, the healing process starts, but all the supressed emotions arise in time, which leads to anger.