Elisabeth Kubler-Ross was a psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies and the author of several books, her most famous being On Death and Dying. She was born as the oldest of triplets in Switzerland in 1926, and weighing only three pounds, Elisabeth credited her survival to her mother’s provided attention and love. Elisabeth met her husband, Emanuel Robert Ross, at a medical school in Zurich Switzerland and they were married in 1958. The couple moved to America after their graduation to further their careers and later went on to have two children of their own named Kenneth and Barbara. Elisabeth’s life is a reflection of the quest pattern previously studied in class as she is called on a mission, with her dream of becoming a doctor, to
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Because the farmer was able to die surrounded by family and friends, it may have been easier for himself as well as his family members to accept his death, as the possibility for final words was present. The call of the peaceful passing influenced Elisabeth’s beliefs that society should be educated on the topic and led to an understanding that death should not be feared because of the mystery or because of it’s …show more content…
Her previous experiences influenced Elisabeth’s decision to take on presidency of the Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Center and the Shanti Nilaya Growth and Healing Center in the 1970s. It was within the walls of these buildings that she gave “Life, Death and Transition” workshops that extended into becoming worldwide learning events. Because of Elisabeth’s encounter with the butterflies in reference to them being a symbol of transformation, it can be concluded that the name of her workshops was influenced by her experiences. Her beliefs were reinforced, and she made it her duty to educate everyone that death was in fact not an end in itself, but rather a transition. The reinforcement in her beliefs also influenced her personal interest in mysticism, the afterlife, and other less commonly accepted forms of therapy. She now understood the fear of death resulted from the belief that life would be coming to an end, and wished to change the death taboo into a concept of death that society would be able to grasp in relation to a
Because the farmer was able to die surrounded by family and friends, it may have been easier for himself as well as his family members to accept his death, as the possibility for final words was present. The call of the peaceful passing influenced Elisabeth’s beliefs that society should be educated on the topic and led to an understanding that death should not be feared because of the mystery or because of it’s …show more content…
Her previous experiences influenced Elisabeth’s decision to take on presidency of the Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Center and the Shanti Nilaya Growth and Healing Center in the 1970s. It was within the walls of these buildings that she gave “Life, Death and Transition” workshops that extended into becoming worldwide learning events. Because of Elisabeth’s encounter with the butterflies in reference to them being a symbol of transformation, it can be concluded that the name of her workshops was influenced by her experiences. Her beliefs were reinforced, and she made it her duty to educate everyone that death was in fact not an end in itself, but rather a transition. The reinforcement in her beliefs also influenced her personal interest in mysticism, the afterlife, and other less commonly accepted forms of therapy. She now understood the fear of death resulted from the belief that life would be coming to an end, and wished to change the death taboo into a concept of death that society would be able to grasp in relation to a