A 40-year-old client is admitted to the hospital for tests to diagnose cancer.

(A) Denial is the disowning of consciously intolerable thoughts. (B) Displacement is the referring of a feeling or emotion from one person, object, or idea to another. (C) Regression is returning to an earlier stage of development. (D) Projection is attributing one’s own thoughts, feelings, or impulses to another person.