Elisabeth Kübler-Ross dying led to the book "On Death and Dying" in 1969. In it, she proposed the now famous Five Stages of Grief as a pattern of adjustment: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. In general, individuals experience most of these stages when faced with their imminent death. The five stages have since been adopted by many as applying to the survivors of a loved one's death, as well. Kübler-Ross encouraged the hospice care movement, believing that euthanasia prevents people from completing their 'unfinished business'. In 1977 she persuaded her husband to buy forty acres of land in Escondido, California, near
Angel of Grief Angel of Grief Angel of Grief or the Weeping Angel is an 1894 sculpture by William Wetmore Story for the grave of his wife Emelyn Story at the Protestant Cemetery in Rome. Its full title bestowed by the creator was "The Angel of Grief Weeping Over the Dismantled Altar of Life". This was Story's last major work prior to his death, a year after his wife. The statue's creation was documented in an 1896 issue of "Cosmopolitan Magazine": according to this account, his wife's death so devastated Story that he lost interest in sculpture, but was inspired to create the