What the dying have to teach doctors, nurses, clergy and their own families.

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.

Kubler-Ross traces her intellectual and spiritual destiny, from her childhood in Switzerland, her work in war-ravaged Poland, and her pioneering counseling of the terminally ill, to her seminars on death and dying at the university of Chicago, and her discussions with those who had been revived after death.

"In this groundbreaking new work, David Kessler-an expert on grief and the coauthor with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross of the iconic On Grief and Grieving-journeys beyond the classic five stages to discover a sixth stage: meaning"--