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Article: Stage Theory
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- Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
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Stage Theory
The stage theory of dying was first proposed by the Swiss-American psychiatrist, Elisabeth K
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bler-Ross in her book,
On Death and Dying
(1969), is perhaps the single theoretical model that is best known to the general public in the entire field of studies about death and dying (thanatology). In its simplest form, this theory claims that dying people will proceed through five stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. More broadly, the theory maintains that other individuals who are drawn into a dying person's experiences, such as family members, friends, professional care providers, and volunteer helpers, may also experience similar "stages of ...