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Kübler-Ross and the Stages of Grief

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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross proposed five stages people commonly move through facing death — denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.

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A person who first denies, then grows angry at the unfairness, illustrates the first two stages.

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The stages describe common patterns, and they are not a fixed order every person follows.