Our Reaction to the Pandemic Mimics Those of Death and Dying
5 min readMay 8, 2020
The five stages of the human approach to death and dying as described by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross can be applied to our current crisis.
Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and colleagues developed a five stage model of death and dying. These stages describe the different emotional responses that people go through in reaction to the knowledge of impending death. They are…