Inspirational Author Kubler-Ross Dies

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, a psychiatrist who revolutionized the way the world looks at terminally ill patients with her book “On Death and Dying” and later as a pioneer for hospice care, has died. She was 78.

Here’s the complete obituary from the AP.

August 25, 2004 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. Lee Hadden says:
    August 25, 2004 at 6:39 pm

    Pre-1969 Dying
    People today don’t remeber or don’t know what dying was like before her book. When my grandfather died in 1964, he was the patient, and was kept in seclusion away fro mthe family. My father was able to sneak down the hall a little bit, and to hear my grandfather talking to the nurses. That was the last contact any of the family had with him before he died, since the doctors thought any family contact would upset him. As a result, none of us were able to say “Goodbye” or even be with him during his last moments. The next time any of us were able to see him was only after the embalmers had been there first.
    When my grandmother died in 1990, she was able to leave while held in my father’s arms, with her family all around her. Medical practice had changed so much in those few years for the family.
    What a difference this author made in our lives, and how little we realize the changes in treating the family as well as the patient that she helped start. Like ripples in water, authors rarely know how much what they write touches people they never know.

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