On Death and Dying: 40th Anniversary Edition

by Kubler-ross, Eli

• ISBN13: 9780415463980
• ISBN10: 041546398X
• Edition: 40th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-03
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

40th anniversary reprint of the 1970 edition published by Tavistock Publications LTD., with a new 12 page introduction. Topics include attitudes toward death and dying, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, and therapy with the terminally ill. For doctors, nurses, or anyone experiencing the death of a family member. Hardcover, softcover available.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Foreword to the Frist Edition	p. xix
Acknowledgements to the First Edition	p. xxi
Preface to the First Edition	p. xxiii
On the Fear of Death	p. 1
Attitudes toward Death and Dying	p. 9
First Stage: Denial and Isolation	p. 31
Second Stage: Anger	p. 40
Third Stage: Bargaining	p. 66
Forth Stage: Depression	p. 69
Fifth Stage: Acceptance	p. 91
Hope	p. 112
The Patient's Family	p. 128
Some Interviews with Terminally Ill Patients	p. 147
Reactions to the Seminar on Death and Dying	p. 199
Therapy with the Terminally Ill	p. 219
Bibliography	p. 227
Index	p. 238
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