Practical and emotional to-dos before the shut-off point

Psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, in her book On Death and Dying shared the 5 stages of emotional responses to how one deals with death and the knowledge of dying — denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. These 5 stages do not usually follow any particular order and each can be experienced more than one time. Even after a reluctant acceptance of the situation, the mental and physical condition of the Dying may continue to foster a sense of alienation and withdrawal, to the eventual shut-off point when they totally disengage from “normal” living.

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