On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross earned a place as the best-loved and most-respected authority on the subjects of death and dying. Through her many books, as well as her years working with terminally ill children, AIDS patients, and the elderly, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross brought comfort and understanding to millions coping with their own deaths or the death of a loved one. Dr. Kubler-Ross, whose books have been translated into twenty-seven languages, passed away in 2004 at the age of seventy-eight. Before her death, she and David Kessler completed work on their second collaboration, On Grief and Grieving. David Kessler is the coauthor with Kubler-Ross of Life Lessons: Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us About the Mysteries of Life and Living. On his own he is the author of The Needs of the Dying, which received praise from Mother Teresa and has been translated into eleven languages. Mr. Kessler takes his experiences and turns them into motivational lectures for thousands of people every year. He is a nationally recognized leader in the field of hospice and palliative care. He also recruits prospective adoptive families for children in the foster-care system. He lives in Los Angeles.Elisabeth Kübler-Ross is the author of 'On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss', published 2005 under ISBN 9780743266284 and ISBN 0743266285.