Bargaining
bargaining with a change in behavior or a specific promise in exchange for more time to live (attempt to postpone the inevitable end) (Kübler-Ross, 1969) e.g.:
“If God has decided to take us from this earth and he did not respond to any angry pleas, he may be more favorable if I ask nicely”
Depression
begins to mourn what is already lost and what is still to be lost
it is important to let dying people express their sadness and to make their final plans