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 sisters and brothers." The nurse recognizes that the patient is manifesting which psychosocial response to death?

A) Restlessness
B) Yearning and protest
C) Anxiety about unfinished business
D) Fear of the meaninglessness of one's life

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