KublerRosss
Kubler-Ross's theory of the five stages of grief was first introduced by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her 1969 book "On Death and Dying". Kübler-Ross was a Swiss-American psychiatrist who worked extensively in the field of hospice care and death/final stages of life research. She proposed that patients who are facing terminal illness experience a specific process of emotional response that can be categorized into distinct stages.
The five stages of grief that Kübler-Ross outlined are: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Each
Denial is the initial stage where the patient may refuse to acknowledge their mortality. Anger follows, where
Kübler-Ross's work has had a profound impact on the field of palliative care and end-of-life research. Her