Question

Sandy knows she is going to die in a few months. she seems calm and concerned more about how to help her family deal with her death than with her own mortality. she seems to be disconnecting herself from people and things and at peace. sandy is most likely in the ____ stage of dying.

Answer 1

Sandy is most likely in the "acceptance" stage of dying.


In acceptance stage of dying, the person who is dying builds up a feeling of peace; an acknowledgment of one's destiny; and, much of the time, a craving to be allowed to sit unbothered. In this stage, emotions and physical agony might be for all intents and purposes missing. Kübler-Ross sees this phase as the finish of the diminishing battle, the last resting stage before death.