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About Elisabeth Kübler-Ross - The Author of "On Death and Dying" and Pioneer of Palliative Care

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross has dedicated her life to death and dying, for which she has gained worldwide recognition. With her humane and down-to-earth approach, she has done much to destigmatize death and improve the treatment of terminally ill patients of all ages. She led an extraordinary life, beginning with her birth in Switzerland in 1926 as a 1 kilo triplet. She went to medical school against her parents' wishes and had to fight to be recognized as a woman physician and psychiatrist in the United States. Her seminal book, "On Death and Dying", brought her international fame. This intimate portrait was filmed in 2002, while she was living as a recluse in the desert, waiting - as she says - for her own death. ------- Chapters ▷ 0:00 - Intro ▷ 02:07 - Facing Death ▷ 01:20:08 - Credits ------- ------- In our contemporary societies, death remains a taboo that we dare not face, as it raises questions and confronts us with the unknown and uncertainty. As Nobert Elias said, death in the West is the subject of a social repression

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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross - The Author of "On Death and Dying" and Pioneer of Palliative Care
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