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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Psychiatrist Who Revolutionized Care of Terminally Ill, Dies at 78
NYTImes ^ | August 27, 2004 | Holcomb B. Noble

Posted on 08/27/2004 3:44:07 PM PDT by jolie560

r. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, the psychiatrist whose pioneering work with terminally ill patients helped to revolutionize attitudes toward the care of the dying, died Tuesday at her home in Scottsdale, Ariz. She was 78.

She died after losing consciousness last week, according to her son, Kenneth. She had recently suffered a series of infections. As she neared her own death after debilitating strokes in the late 1990's, Dr. Kübler-Ross appeared to accept it, as she had tried to help so many others to do.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deathanddying; obituary
Her writings were legendary in the field of Social Work.
1 posted on 08/27/2004 3:44:08 PM PDT by jolie560
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To: jolie560

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2 posted on 08/27/2004 3:48:59 PM PDT by oblomov
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To: jolie560

No, she didn't die!

WHAT A PREPOSTEROUS NEWS ARTICLE!

I'll believe she died if you supply more proof.

How depressing to think she died.

O.K., O.K., she died. Rest in peace.


3 posted on 08/27/2004 3:49:29 PM PDT by martin_fierro (_____oooo_( ° ¿ ° )_oooo_____)
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To: martin_fierro

Clever, clever, clever!


4 posted on 08/27/2004 3:51:04 PM PDT by hummingbird ("If it wasn't for the insomnia, I could have gotten some sleep!")
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To: martin_fierro

Brilliant, martin. :0)


5 posted on 08/27/2004 4:21:05 PM PDT by ETERNAL WARMING (He is faithful!)
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To: martin_fierro

I think she would have really liked that!


6 posted on 08/27/2004 4:46:21 PM PDT by texasflower (in the event of the Rapture, the Bush White House will be unmanned.)
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To: jolie560
"Her writings were legendary in the field of Social Work."

Meaning, she was the academic and liberal nutcase that helped promote euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in places like Oregon.

Do a web search for the much-publicized and witnessed suicide of Jo Roman, 25 years ago, encouraged by Kubler-Ross.

7 posted on 08/27/2004 4:50:59 PM PDT by tom h
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To: jolie560

I saw her once when I was a nursing student. She was a great speaker and very sweet and humble.


8 posted on 08/27/2004 4:52:40 PM PDT by DLfromthedesert (I was elected in AZ as an alt delegate to the Convention. I'M GOING TO NY)
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To: tom h

I know she couldn't stand Kevorkian. Her views might have changed since then.


9 posted on 08/27/2004 4:54:54 PM PDT by DLfromthedesert (I was elected in AZ as an alt delegate to the Convention. I'M GOING TO NY)
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The stiffs.com web site has posted the following commentary to mark her passing:

"It's okay, she knows what she's doing."

10 posted on 08/27/2004 4:57:10 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: jolie560

A psychiatrist actually did something useful?


11 posted on 08/27/2004 5:10:22 PM PDT by steplock
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