A Patient Who Has Been Diagnosed with Inoperable Lung Cancer

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?

A) Protesting the unfairness of death
B) Anxiety about unfinished business
C) Fear of having lived a meaningless life
D) Restlessness about the uncertainty of prognosis

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