Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (July 8, 1926 – August 24, 2004) was a Swiss-American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies, and author of the internationally best-selling book, On Death and Dying (1969), where she first discussed her theory of the five stages of grief, also known as the "Kübler-Ross model".Kübler-Ross was a 2007 inductee into the National Women's Hall of Fame, was named by Time as one of the "100 Most Important Thinkers" of the 20th century and was the recipient of nineteen honorary degrees. By July 1982, Kübler-Ross had taught 125,000 students in death and dying courses in colleges, seminaries, medical schools, hospitals, and social-work institutions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross has received more than 1,260,640 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Elisabeth Kübler-Ross is the 44th most popular physician (down from 28th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 24th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Physician.

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross is most famous for her five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.