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

by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Paper Book, 1969

Status

Available

Call number

IBMC Library - BD 444 K95o 1969

Publication

[New York] : Macmillan

ISBN

002089130X / 9780020891307

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 -- Reactions to the Seminar on Death and Dying -- Therapy with the terminally ill.
Page: 0.3404 seconds