News of the passing of Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross.  She wrote in her book "On Death and Dying -What the Dying have to teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and their own Families" of the stages of grief : denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.  She was also spokesperson for palliative care.

Abraham Verghese writing in the WSJ about Dr. Kubler-Ross says "(On Death and Dying) has a wonderful passage on what the dying can teach the living (in the medical profession) – You don’t have to have a cure to heal someone…".  A wonderfully written tribute to Dr. Kubler-Ross. 

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