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Death: The Final Stage
Ours is a death-denying society. But death is inevitable, and we must face the question of how to deal with it. Coming to terms with our own finiteness helps us discover life's true meaning. Why do we treat death as a taboo? What are the sources of our fears? How do we express our grief, and how do we accept the death of a person close to us? How can we prepare for our own...more
ebook, 8 pages
Published
November 24th 2009
by Scribner
(first published 1975)
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This was one of those life-changing books. I tend to think that's what books involving death are. I got many strange looks and surprised comments about my reading such a book. I could merely quirk a brow and attempt inadequately to explain. How can one talk about life without the shadow or death to give it depth and dimension? How can one talk about death without the path leading up to it? They're very connected. Life wouldn't mean much without death, and death wouldn't mean anything without lif...more
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I would never have guessed that a book about death could really be so inspiring about life. This collection of pieces, gathered by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, was a wonderfully crafted journey along the path we must walk when dealing with the inevitable in our lives; from different cultural understandings of death to how we can interact with terminally ill loved ones, ways we can work to accept our own mortality to steps that may help us grow in that process. And at the very end, discussing how...more
I would never have guessed that a book about death could really be so inspiring about life. This collection of pieces, gathered by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, was a wonderfully crafted journey along the path we must walk when dealing with the inevitable in our lives; from different cultural understandings of death to how we can interact with terminally ill loved ones, ways we can work to accept our own mortality to steps that may help us grow in that process. And at the very end, discussing how...more
Kübler-Ross created and named the hierarchical stages before finally reaching the stage we all want to get to "acceptance." For that vocabulary alone, we should be grateful to have had Kübler-Ross show us how to articulate our pain. This book was the only thing providing some pain relief when my brother passed away. I would highly recommend this book.
Recommend: If someone you love dearly passes away, just keep reading any Kübler-Ross book over and over, just as much as you can digest (slow is g...more
Recommend: If someone you love dearly passes away, just keep reading any Kübler-Ross book over and over, just as much as you can digest (slow is g...more
Okay this book is old, so some of the information, I hope, is outdated. But in this book edited by Kubler-Ross has some interesting facts about different religion's view on death. It also showed how hospitals & doctors can make this whole process so much harder by their view that people should not die. Thanks for the book, Sharon.
As a young woman and nurse, this author captivated me with her ability to work with the dying without utter grief. She surprised me with her scientific way of describing reincarnation. It opened doors for me into reading many other books and refreshing my outlook on working with the dying, including myself.
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Wow, I really thought this was a well written book. I feel more prepared in handling the departure of family and freinds and even my own death someday.
Jan 09, 2011
Lani
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While the quality of the selections varied widely, this book is definitely worth reading.
Sep 02, 2011
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Call Number: 152.4 KUB-2
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too long ago to remember
A bit dated...
Feb 23, 2008
Mari
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Anyone who is interested in the topics of death and dying
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Dr. Ross shares her interviews with people who are on the verge of dying - most from long-term illnesses. I read this book before my own mother died from a brief battle with cancer and I feel it helped me to catch just a glimpse of what she was going through in the dying process.
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Not as good as On Death and Dying, but still an important work in the collection of books that Kubler-Ross wrote to bring awareness to the taboo topic of death.
I liked this book but didn't end up finishing it because I had to return it to the library.
difficult to read, but personally important information
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May 15, 2013
Kristin
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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, M.D. was a Swiss-born psychiatrist, a pioneer in Near-death studies and the author of the groundbreaking book On Death and Dying (1969), where she first discussed what is now known as the Kübler-Ross model. In this work she proposed the now famous Five Stages of Grief as a pattern of adjustment. These five stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and accept...more
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