On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (PDF)

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Fifty years after its original publication, a commemorative edition with a new introduction and updated resources section of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s beloved, groundbreaking classic on the five stages of grief.One of the most important psychological studies of the late twentieth century, On Death and Dying grew out of Dr. Kübler-Ross’s famous interdisciplinary seminar on death, life, and transition. In this remarkable book, Dr. Kübler-Ross first explored the now-famous five stages of death: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Through sample interviews and conversations, she gives readers a better understanding of how imminent death affects the patient, the professionals who serve that patient, and the patient’s family, bringing hope to all who are involved. This edition includes an elegant, enlightening introduction by Dr. Ira Byock, a prominent palliative care physician and the author of Dying Well, as well as Congressional testimony given by Dr. Kübler-Ross on death with dignity.

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⭐My mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 1979. Back then treatments were horrible; it was almost harder to watch her suffer than her actual death). She died 2 months later from the date she was diagnosed (10/29/79 – 12/29/79. I was not functioning; I was lost, I was having all these new feelings. A friend suggested reading On Death and Dying.This book saved me from lying down and dying myself. It is THE book which guides you through the stages of grief you go through when a friend or loved one is dying, died or after their death. Learning the stages of grief allowed me the ability to function. It grounded me, my thoughts were no longer going in circles, and I was able to concentrate again. I have since read it probably 4 times – when relatives died. It helped as much the last time I read it, as it did the first.Since then, I have given at least 10 books to friends. I purchased this one for a friend who lost her mother to cancer, just after her husband was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer – just like my mom. All agreed this book helped them more than any other book or therapist (because it’s available 24/7). You’ll read and re-read the stages of grief to get you through the difficult time of losing someone. I wish I knew of this book as soon as she was diagnosed. The pain of losing mom didn’t change, but I was able to get through it much better for having read it.I know I would not have been able to go back to college without the knowledge learned from Elizabeth Kubler-Ross.

⭐Dr Kubler-Ross is a hero of mine. To the point that I did an assessment on her life and discovered a headstrong child who wanted to FEEL what life was like.She grew up in Switzerland during WWII, an identical twin in a triplet birth. She grew up unrecognised as an individual, part of the circus of attention that triplets bring. When she was 16 and the war had ended, she walked to Russia and back again, working in the reconstruction of post-war Europe.She stood in the doorway to the chambers at Maidanek, a Polish concentration camp. She looked at the wooden walls, etched with last messages and images of butterflies symbolising life after death. She met a 16 year old Jewish survivor ~ only survived because she was unable to fit into the chamber that stole the lives of her family. Elisabeth asked her about her hatred of her captors and the girl replied something about not strewing the seeds of hate, that we all have an inner Hitler when we are faced with our own mortality.With that, she went to medical school in Zurich, met an American student, married him and moved to America. She turned her focus from pediatrics to psychology, and began to notice how terminal patients were virtually ignored in hospitals ~ as though dying was something to be ashamed of. She began to visit patients, sitting with them as they talked, listening to their needs and their stories, finding that there is a wealth of wisdom in those frail people.Dr Kubler-Ross believed in the dignity of living with dying. She polished the art of listening to the needs of terminal patients, how to allow them to pass with tenderness and non-intervention. To make dying a time of preciousness and honour. She taught me how to be present for my mother when she died.When I got the call that Mama needed me, I didn’t know what to do. As I packed to take the plane over land and oceans to go home to Delaware, I brought ‘On Death and Dying’, I brought a Ram Dass recording “Here We all Are” and a Crowded House cd with ‘Fall at Your Feet’. Each one was instrumental in helping me give my mother a loving, hands-on, joyful exodus from the pain of cancer.I recommend this book highly. Not only for assisting with a peaceful death, but as a sufferer of the grief of losing someone who meant the world to me. Kubler-Ross’ Five Stages eventually became a recognised Psychological Theory on the Five Stages of Grief. Worthwhile to read once, enlightening to read over and over again.

⭐I bought this book for myself since I have a terminal illness. I wish I would have had it when my husband was dying from cancer but I bought her book with David Kessler On Grief & Grieving after he died & it was enormously helpful. I don’t think this book would be so helpful after your loved one died but very good before to help open up communication & understanding.

⭐My husband has an inoperable malignant tumor and has been placed in Hospice Care. The nurse in charge of his case recommended this book to me. The book was written in 1966 and l cannot believe that in more than sixty years, it was the first time l heard of it’s existence. I cannot begin to describe thedifference it has made. Jesus said “Know the truth and it will set you free.” I am incredibly grateful for the read. Sixty years ago, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross paved the way of the actual Hospice Care in USA. I am one of the people benefited by her incredible work. My husband is happy at home transitioning with peace and dignity. I am profoundly grateful for having had the priceless opportunity to read this book.

⭐My wife used this book in her first year of nursing (she quit to marry me and then went on to study and teach art history). As it turned out it was also the last book she purchased. For the non medical person, the big take away I think is to constantly question your health care providers, as the abysmal care the author describes is still alive and well especially at MD Anderson in Houston if your loved one goes there you should be prepared to do basic nursing items, such as changing sheets after minor surgical procedures as well as getting fresh gowns. The book describes very well the end of life phase of patients and is not as concerned with the afterwards (her later book on grief and grieving compliments this one and goes into the process after a loved ones dies).I recommend this book and hopefully it is read by medical students of all types. It is also a good rationale for hospice care should you or your loved ones reach that point and probably the best thing a doctor can do (and we were lucky to have this) is to recommend hospice care when they have tried all their techniques.

⭐this is a very helpful book, very well written. I have found it very helpful in dealing with the death of my mother. I highly recommend reading it sooner in the life process. I might have been able to help more and understand more had I read this in preparation for my mother’s death (or indeed anyone else’s death) had I read it sooner. Going forward in life, it’s very helpful and everything in it is still valid and important all these years later since it was first written. I highly recommend this book.

⭐This a a topic which seem to make people uncomfortable. However we are all dying as soon as we are born. Nobody is exempt from this process. We all expect to live forever however that is not true. An easy to read book which makes you reflect on the way you live your life.

⭐This did all I wanted and more. I haven’t read it through as a novel, but read chapters, or parts of chapters. It’s very moving, and applying it to one’s own situation makes one pause for thought. It reminds me that we should talk about death and dying, and ensure that we all make some sort of preparation and discuss options with our families and friends. She must have been a very empathic woman and I’ve been moved to tears a number of times. However, these can be helpful tears and encourage healing.

⭐Being a volunteer in a hospital and being in contact with elderly patients, some in great pain emotionally and physically, I found this book highly educational, touching and humane.

⭐Clear experiences of death and how to cope with and help with patients with terminal illness. Empathetic but also objective and realistic.

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