THE 5 STAGES OF DYING

By: Chris Dugan and Jake Friend

ELISABETH KÜBLER-ROSS

She was born on July 8 1926 in Zurich Switzerland she

was one of triplets.

She attended the university of Zurich medical school

and graduated in 1957.

In 1958 she married Emanuel ross and moved to the

united states.

She had two kids in the early sixties named Babara and

Kennith.

ACADEMIC CAREER

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n 1962 Kubler accepted a position at the university of Colorado

medical school.

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he completed her degree in psychiatry and moved to Chicago 1965 to

teach at the university of Chicago school of medicine.

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he worked with terminal patients and published a book in 1969 called

On Death And Dying were she proposed the five stages of grief.

LATE CAREERI

n 1977 she persuaded her husband to buy forty acres of land where she

built a home of peace which was a healing center for the dying and there

families.

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n 1985 she attempted to open a aid relief center in Virginia but the

people of the town feared of becoming infected. She worked at many aid

facilities around the world.

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990 she moved the healing center to her own farm in head waters,

Virginia where she spent the rest of her life.

STAGE ONE DENIAL

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n this stage people deny the severity of there situation

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t’s a normal reaction for rationalizing overwhelming

emotions.

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temporary response that carries us thru the first wave of

pain.

STAGE TWO ANGERI

mmense emotion is redirected and expressed instead as anger.

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nger may be aimed at inanimate objects, strangers, or friends and family .

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edical professionals are often targets for this type of anger.

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any times people will feel guilty for being angry which only manifests into

more anger.

STAGE 3 BARGAINING

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s a weaker line of defense to protect us from the painful

reality.

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xamples would be statements such as

“if we had sought medical attention sooner”• “If only we got a second opinion from another doctor”

• “if only we had tried to be better to them”

STAGE 4 DEPRESSION

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here are two types of depression related to mourning.

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he first one is a reaction to particular implications relating

to the loss. Sadness and regret dominate this type of

depression.

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he second type is more subtle and in a sense more private,

between you and yourself.

ACCEPTANCE

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ccepting the reality of the situation not everybody

reaches this stage .

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his phase does not necessarily bring happiness to a

person.

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