On Death and Dying : What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy, and Their Own Families

by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Paper Book, 1993

Status

Available

Call number

IBMC Library - BD 444 K95o 1969

Publication

New York : Collier Books

ISBN

9780020891413

Description

The five stages of grief, first formulated in this hugely influential work, are now part of our common understanding of loss. Ideal for all those with an interest in bereavement, this classic text is reissued with a new introduction looking at its influence on contemporary thought and practice.

Local notes

CONTENTS:
On the fear of death
Attitudes toward death and dying
First stage: denial and isolation
Second stage: anger
Third stage: bargaining
Fourth stage: depression
Fifth stage: acceptance
Hope
The patient's family
Some interviews with terminally ill patients
Reaction to the seminar on death and dying
Therapy with the terminally ill.
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