Overview
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
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Author: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross ,
M D Ira Byock, MD (Research Professor of Philosophy the Practical Ethics Center University of Montana Missoula MT)
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Imprint: Scribner Book Company
Edition: Reissue ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 13.90cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 21.70cm
Weight: 0.259kg
ISBN: 9781476775548
ISBN 10: 1476775540
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 12 August 2014
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Seminal... just as important and poignant today as it was 40 years ago. --Huffington Post A profound lesson for the living. --Life Magazine On Death and Dying can help us face, professionally and personally, the end of life. --Medical Opinion & Review
A profound lesson for the living. --Life Magazine Seminal... just as important and poignant today as it was 40 years ago. --Huffington Post On Death and Dying can help us face, professionally and personally, the end of life. --Medical Opinion & Review
""A profound lesson for the living.""-- ""Life Magazine"" ""Seminal... just as important and poignant today as it was 40 years ago.""-- ""Huffington Post"" ""On Death and Dying can help us face, professionally and personally, the end of life.""-- ""Medical Opinion & Review""
Author Information
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.
