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Acceptance: It’s not about giving up but living life despite chronic illness

In 1969, the Swiss American psychiatrist Elizabeth Kübler-Ross published her groundbreaking book called 'On Death and Dying'.  In the book, she introduced the now famous 'Five Stages of Grief'.  Her theory suggested that there are five stages of adjustment after a loss, which are: Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance The theory described the five stages of grief concerning the mourning of a loved one.  However, these five stages have also been used to describe many areas that involve a loss. These five stages of...

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