In 1977 Elisabeth Kubler Ross bought a large piece of land with her husband in San Diego in the United States and founded Shanti Nilaya (Home of Peace) a ‘ healing center‘ for the dying and their families.
She wrote over many books and scientific publications. Elisabeth Kubler Ross was particularly appreciated for her work and was awarded 21 honorary doctorates. She herself took a number of special psychoanalytical training courses to familiarize herself with this specialism.Īfter follow-up empirical research, she published the successful book On Death and Dying in 1969 in which the introduced the 5 stages of grief model.Īll this accelerated her fame within the (medical) world of coping with bereavement and care and support for the terminally ill. In addition to experiencing the pros and cons of her profession, Elisabeth Kubler Ross was, however, also critical of traditional psychiatry. She developed a number of seminars based on interviews with terminally ill patients. She completed her follow-up studies in the field of psychiatry and moved to Chicago in 1965.Įlisabeth Kubler Ross changed jobs in 1965 and became an Assistant Professor at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. In 1962 Elisabeth Kubler Ross accepted a position at the University of Colorado, in the United States. She inspired student by giving fascinating and confronting lectures about this specialism.
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