A Newborn in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Is Dying,and

Multiple Choice

A newborn in the neonatal intensive care unit is dying,and the neonatologist has shared with the parents their baby's prognosis.When the father sees his son,he says,"He looks just fine to me.I can't understand what all this is about." The health-care worker recognizes that the father is:

A) in denial or disbelief.
B) attempting to shield the truth from his wife.
C) in the shock and numbness phase of mourning.
D) beginning anticipatory grieving.