Sublime

I once read a letter written by a young invalid, in which he told a friend that he had just found out he would not live for long, that even an operation would be of no help. He wrote further that he remembered a film he had seen in which a man was portrayed who waited for death in a courageous and dignified way. The boy had thought it a great accom

Most known for identifying the five stages of grief experienced by those dealing with death (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance),

At a seminar on death and dying guided by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, a twenty-eight-year-old nurse and mother of four was dying of cancer. She had been through eleven operations, and she asked those of us in attendance, “How would you feel if you came into a hospital room to visit a twenty-eight-year-old mother dying of cancer?” The answers called out

At a seminar on death and dying guided by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, a twenty-eight-year-old nurse and mother of four was dying of cancer. She had been through eleven operations, and she asked those of us in attendance, “How would you feel if you came into a hospital room to visit a twenty-eight-year-old mother dying of cancer?” The answers called out

Most people are at least conversationally familiar with the Kübler-Ross model of the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargain, depression, and acceptance. This model describes a consistent set of elements in a very human experience. At the same time, Kübler-Ross pointed out

Death is pushed to the margins in modern life. There is much drama about the funeral, but this often remains external and superficial. Our consumerist society has lost the sense of ritual and wisdom necessary to acknowledge this rite of passage. The person who has entered the voyage of death needs more in-depth care.