The Myth of Its Five Stages and the New Science of Loss
by
Ruth Davis Konigsberg
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
The five stages of grief are so deeply imbedded in our culture that no American can escape them. Every time we experience loss—a personal or national one—we hear them recited: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. The stages are invoked to explain everything from how we will recover...