Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Psychiatrist, Author
1926 – 2004
Who was Elisabeth Kübler-Ross?
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, M.D. was a Swiss American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies and the author of the groundbreaking book On Death and Dying, where she first discussed her theory of the five stages of grief.
She is a 2007 inductee into the American National Women's Hall of Fame. She was the recipient of twenty honorary degrees and by July 1982 had taught, in her estimation, 125,000 students in death and dying courses in colleges, seminaries, medical schools, hospitals, and social-work institutions. In 1970, she delivered the The Ingersoll Lectures on Human Immortality at Harvard University, on the theme, On Death and Dying.
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- Born
- Jul 8, 1926
Zürich - Also known as
- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Switzerland
- Profession
- Education
- University of Colorado Boulder
- University of Zurich
- Died
- Aug 24, 2004
Scottsdale
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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