Our Reaction to the Pandemic Mimics Those of Death and Dying

David Mokotoff, MD
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.

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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…

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David Mokotoff, MD

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