مريض شُخّص بسرطان الرئة، يدخن أمام الممرضة ويقول: "الأطباء غلطانين، أنا ما فيني شي". ما الحيلة الدفاعية؟

A client diagnosed with lung cancer smokes in front of the nurse and says, “The doctors are wrong, nothing is wrong with me.” Which defence mechanism is this?

1. Projection
2. Regression
3. Denial
4. Sublimation

Answer: C) Denial. Denial is refusing to acknowledge a painful reality; it is acceptable early on, and the nurse proceeds gently without harsh confrontation.