On Death & Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy & Their Own Families (Reissue)

Name: On Death & Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy & Their Own Families (Reissue)
Brand: Scribner Book Company
SKU: SP-9781476775548
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Marc Notes: Includes a Scribner reading group guide.;Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-272).;The five stages of grief, first formulated in this hugely influential work, are now part of our common understanding...

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Marc Notes:
Includes a Scribner reading group guide.;Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-272).;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.

Table of Contents:
Foreword to the Anniversary Edition -- Preface -- I. On the Fear of Death -- II. Attitudes Toward Death and Dying -- III. First Stage: Denial and Isolation -- IV. Second Stage: Anger -- V. Third Stage: Bargaining -- VI. Fourth Stage: Depression -- VII. Fifth Stage: Acceptance -- VIII. Hope -- IX. The Patient's Family -- X. Some Interviews with Terminally Ill Patients -- XI. Reactions to the Seminar on Death and Dying -- XII. Therapy with the Terminally Ill -- Bibliography -- Reading Group Guide -- Guide for Further Discussion -- Resources.

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"Seminal... just as important and poignant today as it was 40 years ago."-- "Huffington Post"

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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, MD, (1926-2004) was a Swiss-born psychiatrist, humanitarian, and co-founder of the hospice movement around the world. She was also the author of the groundbreaking book On Death and Dying, which first discussed the five stages of grief. Elisabeth authored twenty-four books in thirty-six languages and brought comfort to millions of people coping with their own deaths or the death of a loved one. Her greatest professional legacy includes teaching the practice of humane care for the dying and the importance of sharing unconditional love. Her work continues by the efforts of hundreds of organizations around the world, including The Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation.

Ira Byock, MD, is a leading palliative care physician, author, and public advocate for improving care through the end of life. His research and writing have helped to define quality of life and quality of care for people living with advanced medical conditions. He has been involved in hospice and palliative care since 1978 and is a founding member and past president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. From 1996 through 2006, he served as Director for Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care, a national grant program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Dr. Byock is Chief Medical Officer of the Institute for Human Caring of Providence Health and Services system. From 2003 through July 2013 he directed the palliative care program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Dr. Byock is a Professor of Medicine and Community & Family Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.

More information is available at IraByock.org.

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"A profound lesson for the living."-- "Life Magazine"

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" On Death and Dying can help us face, professionally and personally, the end of life."-- "Medical Opinion & Review"

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Fifty years after its original publication, a commemorative edition with a new introduction and updated resources section of Dr. Elisabeth K bler-Ross's beloved, groundbreaking classic on the five stages of grief.

One of the most important psyc

Contributor Bio:Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, MD, (1926-2004) was a Swiss-born psychiatrist, humanitarian, and co-founder of the hospice movement around the world. She was also the author of the groundbreaking book On Death and Dying, which first discussed the five stages of grief. Elisabeth authored twenty-four books in thirty-six languages and brought comfort to millions of people coping with their own deaths or the death of a loved one. Her greatest professional legacy includes teaching the practice of humane care for the dying and the importance of sharing unconditional love. Her work continues by the efforts of hundreds of organizations around the world, including The Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation.

Contributor Bio:Byock, Ira
Ira Byock, MD, is a leading palliative care physician, author, and public advocate for improving care through the end of life. His research and writing have helped to define quality of life and quality of care for people living with advanced medical conditions. He has been involved in hospice and palliative care since 1978 and is a founding member and past president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. From 1996 through 2006, he served as Director for Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care, a national grant program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

More information is available at IraByock.org.

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