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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was a Swiss and American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies, author, and developer of the five stages of grief, also known as the "Kübler-Ross model".
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science · Swiss-American psychiatrist (1926–2004) · psychiatrist · essayist · writer · hospice · palliative care · physician · also Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth Kuebler-Ross, Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth, E. Kübler-Ross, Kübler-Ross
Born 8 July 1926 · Died 24 August 2004 · Q123811
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2026· 2 entries
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Great Inspirations - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
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2024· 1 entry
Simon & Schuster released a list of their 100 most notable books, including Kübler-Ross's On Death & Dying
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2020· 2 entries
Moviefone: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: Facing Death
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BBC: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: The rise and fall of the five stages of grief
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2018· 2 entries
Yahoo: Melina Kanakaredes To Co-Write & Produce Film Based On Life Of ‘On Death & Dying’ Author Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
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Stanford University acquired the Kübler-Ross archives from her family and has started building a digital library of her papers, interviews and other archival material
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2009· 1 entry
TV Fanatic: According to Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, when we’re dying or have suf…
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded National Women's Hall of Fame (2007).
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2005· 1 entry
Kübler-Ross's son, Ken Ross, founded the Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation in Scottsdale, Arizona
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2004· 6 entries
Kübler-Ross finally died of natural causes
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Died 2004-08-24.
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“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”
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“Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences; all events are blessings given to us to learn from. There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub.”
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“We make progress in society only if we stop cursing and complaining about its shortcomings and have the courage to do something about them.”
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“As far as service goes, it can take the form of a million things. To do service, you don't have to be a doctor working in the slums for free, or become a social worker. Your position in life and what you do doesn't matter as much as how you do what you do.”
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1999· 1 entry
The New York Public Library named On Death and Dying one of its "Books of the Century", and Time magazine recognized her as one of the "100 Most Important Thinkers" of the 20th century
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1997· 1 entry
Oprah Winfrey flew to Arizona to interview Kübler-Ross and discuss with her whether she herself was going through the five stages of grief
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1994· 1 entry
And subsequent transient ischemic attack (TIA), she relocated to Scottsdale, Arizona
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1984· 1 entry
Kübler-Ross delegated one of her staff members, Irene Smith to conduct an investigative assessment of conditions at this institution
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1981· 1 entry
Appeared on an Australian radio documentary about death and near-death experiences that aired on the ABC, And When I Die, Will I Be Dead
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1978· 1 entry
Kübler-Ross cofounded the American Holistic Medical Association
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1977· 3 entries
Awarded Ladies' Home Journal Women of the Year (1977).
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Founded "Shanti Nilaya" (Home of Peace) on forty acres of land in Escondido, California
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Was named "Woman of the Year" by Ladies' Home Journal
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Miami (1976).
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1972· 1 entry
Spoke to the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging to promote the "Death With Dignity" movement
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1970· 2 entries
Kübler-Ross delivered the Ingersoll Lecture at Harvard University, focusing on her book, On Death and Dying (1969)
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Kübler-Ross spoke at the prestigious Ingersoll Lecture at Harvard University on the subject of death and dying
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1969· 1 entry
In which she proposed the now famous "five stages" model as a pattern of adjustment: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance
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1967· 1 entry
Macmillan offered Kübler-Ross a contract to expand her work into a 256-page book titled On Death & Dying
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1962· 1 entry
Accepted a position at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver where she completed a fellowship and served on the faculty
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1960· 1 entry
A son named Kenneth, and in 1963, a daughter named Barbara
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1959· 1 entry
Marking the beginning of her career working by creating her own treatments for those who were schizophrenic along with those faced with the title "hopeless patient", a term used at the time to reference terminal patients
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1958· 1 entry
Married a fellow medical student and classmate from the United States, Emanuel "Manny" Ross, and moved to New York
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1957· 1 entry
Kübler-Ross moved to New York in 1958 to work and continue her studies
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1947· 1 entry
Kübler visited the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland, an experience that profoundly affected her understanding of compassion and the resilience of the human spirit
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1945· 1 entry
At the age of eighteen, she joined the International Voluntary Service as an activist
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1926· 2 entries
In Zurich, Switzerland, into a Protestant Christian family
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Born 1926-07-08.
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