Kübler-Ross model Kübler-Ross model The Kübler-Ross model is popularly known as the five stages of grief, though more accurately, the model postulates a progression of emotional states experienced by terminally ill patients after diagnosis. The five stages are chronologically: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. The model was first introduced by Swiss-American psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her 1969 book "On Death and Dying", and was inspired by her work with terminally ill patients. Motivated by the lack of instruction in medical schools on the subject of death and dying, Kübler-Ross examined death and those faced with it at the University of Chicago
Angel of Grief Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. The image has also been used in popular culture, such as in an album cover for the band Nightwish's album "Once" (2004) and in the 2012 film "The Woman in Black". 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