What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors - and Their Own Family

I recently lost my mother and was recommended this book.
I found it a good read however is more for dealing with someone who is going to pass soon rather than dealing with the grief after.
In saying that is did help me with how I was feeling.

Great book that I purchased during my college days. I purchased this book again to aid a discusssion in church concerning death and dying. Helping people to understand that , yes we will pray, but there are stages that we go through when a transition like death takes place in our life. This is an excellent resource.

Kubler-Ross was a pioneer. Her book was published in 1969 and gained immediate recognition as a new approach to her subject. She did not receive over 100 honorary degrees because her ideas were held in error. However pioneers are inevitably surpassed by others. Today the psychological methods used would be questioned and the extension of her ideas to areas not intended by her book (such as grief and loss) have led to the downplaying her significance. Kubler-Ross wrote about the feelings of persons nearing death: she did not write about the feelings of surviving partners and the like. In respect of that about which she wrote, Kubler-Ross remains a necessary read.

The psychiatrist interviewed terminally ill patients on their fears and hopes, and found that the dying basically go through five stages of grief. Death and dying were taboo subjects in 1969 when Kübler-Ross published her book first. And they still are today. To read about somebody who actually had the courage to talk to terminal patients, and to learn what the dying think and feel is very interesting and quite revolutionary.

I purchased this book for Lifespan Development and it was very helpful to understand the process of dying. It forces you to evaluate your own feelings, and fears of death. It also gives you a greater understanding of what people need when they are dying.

Have heard about this book for many years and finally read it. The stories and testimonies of those people facing death are incredible. A subject most people are unwilling to face but are inevitable for all of us.