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Summary: Classic Reading
Review: I have always wondered about offering this book to people. While a theoretical piece of writing, the terminology has become a part of the modern-day understanding of grief and mourning. This book was a catalyst in getting people to talk about their experiences, understandings, and concerns about death. I always recommend this people because it aids people in understanding the issues about surviving the death of a loved one; similarly, it helps people find solace in experiencing their own death. A must read for someone who is grieving.
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Summary: Everyone Should Read This Book
Review: I knew my Mother was going to die from her cancer, and I needed help understanding what was going to happen. This book is a classic for good reason. It talks about stages of grief, giving examples by talking with actual dying patients, of each of the stages. It helped me to deal gracefully with what I saw my Mom going through, and to be able to be understanding and supportive instead of feeling lost and afraid. I recommend this book highly.
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Summary: Great book for understanding the dying's needs
Review: I purchased this book as it was refernced in a number of business books I had read. I was trying to understand peoples reaction to significant organizational change. The book was really insightful. I got more than I expected, as the book helped me to understadn the actions of my diying mother-in-law
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Summary: A framework for progress
Review: I read this book 10 years ago when I was coping with my father's suicide. The author does an excellent job of framing the stages -- something I used daily to help myself understand and track my own progress through my grief. Though I read many books during that time, this is the only one I remember.
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Summary: Helped me understand the dying process
Review: I read this book 13 years ago. At that time my mother was dying after a long illness. As I had no experience with losing someone I loved I needed to understand the dying process. As my sister & I stayed by my mother's bedside in the hospital, I read the bible & this book. When mother died, I was better able to cope with her transition. Excellent tool to help understand & cope with the dying process.
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Summary: Death and Reading
Review: It's a very practical book. No woner it has stood the test of time. More of you living beings should pay attention to this wise compendium of advice before you meet up with me.
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Summary: On Death and Dying
Review: Kubler-Ross's work is as valuable today as it was 30 years ago. She described the five stages of dying, while never maintaining that one had to go through the stages in perfect order or that one couldn't have other emotions along with, e.g, anger. No one would argue that death is loss--loss of one's self, or loss of someone dear to us. Many of us have other kinds of loss, i.e., a missing child--a child we have no hope of ever seeing. Is that not death of another kind? The tenets of Kubler-Ross continue to be popular because they have been empirically tested.
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Summary: On Death and Dying
Review: Kubler-Ross's work is as valuable today as it was 30 years ago. She described the five stages of dying, while never maintaining that one had to go through the stages in perfect order or that one couldn't have other emotions along with, e.g, anger. No one would argue that death is loss--loss of one's self, or loss of someone dear to us. Many of us have other kinds of loss, i.e., a missing child--a child we have no hope of ever seeing. Is that not death of another kind? The tenets of Kubler-Ross continue to be popular because they have been empirically tested.
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Summary: Are you mortal? Can you read?
Review: Loved the book. I think there are only two types of people who need not bother with this book: a) those who are not mortal, and b) those who can't read. All the rest of us should look into it. Rather than duplicate the excellent book description and synopsis above, I will try something else to let you know if this book will interest you at all. Early on in the first chapter, the author makes three statements, and I quote:1) "In simple terms, in our unconscious mind we can only be killed; it is inconceivable to die of a natural cause or of old age." 2) "The more we are making advancements in science, the more we seem to fear and deny the reality of death." 3) "When a patient is severely ill, he is often treated like a person with no right to an opinion." If those type of blanket statements provoke your interest, or make you want to hear more, then this book is for you, because the author never leaves them in blanket form. The book is an enfleshment of those ideas. The author states her objective very clearly midway through the book by saying "If this book serves no other purpose but to sensitize family members of terminally ill patients and hospital personnel to the implicit communications of dying patients, then it has fulfilled its task." The book is clearly written, no technical jargon to trip over. I found the whole genesis and history of Kubler Ross's interdisciplinary seminar on death and dying fascinating. The actual patient interviews revealed that (more often than not) the people most willing to TALK about dying are... the dying. I found these interviews for the most part very ennobling. They exalted the human spirit and showed the importance of faith and hope. Above all, the book will make you "think". I've finished reading it, but I certainly haven't finished thinking about it. And that is always my criteria for the fifth star!
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Summary: Good Book
Review: This book initially brought professional as well as public attention to a seriously neglected subject. It remains one of the best on the subject, for both the dying and those close to them and for those whose professions involve helping such people.
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