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The Kübler-Ross Grief Cycle
a.When was the information published? 1969
b.Who is the author? Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
c.Can you verify the accuracy of the information? Yes
-Elizabeth Kübler-Ross was a doctor in Switzerland who spent a lot of time with dying people.
-She wrote a book called On Death and Dying that talks about the Grief Cycle.
-The book helped people who were very sick and people who were affected by bad news.
-Sometimes people can get stuck in one stage.
-If you skip a step you might end up going backwards in the cycle.
- Shock stage*: Initial paralysis at hearing the bad news.
- Denial stage: Trying to avoid the inevitable.
- Anger stage: Frustrated outpouring of bottled-up emotion.
- Bargaining stage: Seeking in vain for a way out.
- Depression stage: Final realization of the inevitable.
- Testing stage*: Seeking realistic solutions.
- Acceptance stage: Finally finding the way forward.
This post made me realize dealing with death is a really slow process. It made me realize this because there are seven stages in dealing with death.
ReplyDeleteThis post made me relaize alot of new vocabulary about death. I liked it because I learned alot but it also made me sad that theres alot more to death than i knew.
ReplyDeleteThis post made me realize that those stages really do happen, I just haven't seen them personally before.
ReplyDeleteYour post made me interested to learn if those stages are always there in every person that deals with bad news. Is there a certain degree that the bad news has to be before you go through those stages, or is it anything that upsets you?
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