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"A Primer on Grief"
2009-10-15
- Reviewed By User: ANVWAG25LRNNH
This book is an excellent primer for anyone who wants to begin to understand grief. After my daughter Alexis died at the age of 29, I read On Death and Dying again to help me understand my grief and to gain perspective.
Margaret Marshall Rhyne, Remembering Alexis, Finding Perspective in Love and Loss
I agree with the other writer who gave this book a one-star rating. It is definitely not for the sick. Although I'm not terminally ill, this book turned my stomach reading it. I had to read this as part of my coursework toward my Ph.D. Basically, Kubler-Ross states that if a person is dying, he/she needs to come to terms with his/her finality. Also, the patient should not be encouraged to think of happier times. Why ever not? Patients labeled as terminal should be able to deal with it any way they choose, even if their choice is one of denial. Kubler-Ross also discusses a certain Christian Scientist woman in one of her case studies. Although I'm not a Christian Scientist, it is clear that Kubler-Ross has no idea what this is about. Being a true Christian Scientist means that one knows (and not simply believes) that he/she can be healed. It does not mean a person denies dis-ease and leaves the rest entirely up to God. There must be a change in outlook as well. With so many health care workers focused on dis-ease, it is very difficult for anyone to maintain a healthy mentality in the hospital environment. Labeling a person as terminal or dying only helps to reinforce this condition. This is especially negative when he/she does not wish this as opposed to someone who is ready to pass on.
"Classic 1969 book about grief stages that defined mainstream views about a person's grief"
2009-03-16
- Reviewed By User: A3UF02A3F1A9MY
In this classic book about grief, Kubler-Ross explains the stages of grief that became widely used in the grief and loss field. The media's use of Kubler-Ross's stages- denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance--created mainstream acceptance of Kubler-Ross's findings. An interesting book to give you a revered author's view of the grief and loss process based on her research. Some newer books have dismantled some of the views expressed in this book. I would suggest reading this book and others like the Grief Recovery handbook to broaden your understanding about grief. -- Author of the multi-award winning resource guide: Mom Minus Dad: The Essential Resource Guide for Busy Adults with a Newly Widowed Parent
"good book, late delivery"
2009-01-07
- Reviewed By User: AM2BG49L1ZZIE
ordered the book on 30 november and received it on 6 january! better late than never, they say. i wanted to read this book for quite some time and started doing so immediately after receipt. although it was written a long time ago, the insight and recommendations it provides continues to be valid today. i have not finished 'on death and dying' yet, so i will have to send another review when i'm through with it.
I highly recommend this book. My father died of terminal cancer. Two days after the funeral, I saw my dad at the foot of my bed. When I saw him a second time I thought I had lost my mind. Not only did the book help me to heal but it assured me that it was not my imagination those nights I saw him. There is something else beyond this life waiting for us. Skeptics will always find ways to dispute this fact but I've learned to brush those people off. When their time comes, they will see for themselves.
Kubler-Ross does an outstanding job of synthesizing her years of observation and experience into a succinct, readable volume. She tackles the difficult issues of death and loss with candor and sensitivity. This book provides brilliant insights into the nature and purpose of mourning, how to face one's mortality, how to let the certainty of death enhance one's life, how to deal with the death of a loved one and minister to people in grief. Her "five stages" are quintessential and have helped countless people deal with death. This book is a sobering and enlightening journey. Highly recommended.
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"A Primer on Grief"
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"Classic 1969 book about grief stages that defined mainstream views about a person's grief"