Elisabeth Kübler-Ross believed that when a person is dying of a terminal illness, depression is

part of the normal process of detaching the self from love objects.
a temporary phase that friends and family should help the person through as quickly as possible.
an uncommon reaction that signals that the person needs professional counseling to cope with death.
the first phase a person goes through when he or she learns that death is imminent.

part of the normal process of detaching the self from love objects.