Death Is of Vital Importance: On Life, Death, and Life After Death [Paperback]

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Station Hill Pr (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882681869
• ISBN-13: 978-0882681863
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #692,141 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross earned a place as the best-loved and most-respected authority on the subjects of death and dying. Through her many books, as well as her years working with terminally ill children, AIDS patients, and the elderly, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross brought comfort and understanding to millions coping with their own deaths or the death of a loved one. Dr. Kubler-Ross, whose books have been translated into twenty-seven languages, passed away in 2004 at the age of seventy-eight. Before her death, she and David Kessler completed work on their second collaboration, On Grief and Grieving.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helping with the Death Process, May 4, 2000

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This review is from: Death Is of Vital Importance: On Life, Death, and Life After Death (Paperback)

This book helped me to reaize what was happening to my loved one when he died.

I wanted to find another Kubler-Ross book but this was the only one available. This book is a collection of lectures that she gave on tour.

Even tho my loved one was an adult, the stories of how children viewed death helped me to understand that usually, a person knows when they are dying and find ways to prepare themselves for it. I could relate it to things that had happened in my loved one's life. I have shared this book with others. We felt a great sense of peace and comfort from learning how death affects the young and the old.

Especially interesting was the comforting thought of the process of death--what happens at the time death occurs. Also the hope of an afterlife.

I recommend this book to anyone facing the death of a loved one.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Death Is Of Vital Importance; On Life, Death and Life after, December 2, 2000

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"latashambo" (Moab, UT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Death Is of Vital Importance: On Life, Death, and Life After Death (Paperback)

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's compilation of talks is just stunning in its simplicity. Since the '70's I have practiced, studied, looked into spirituality and healing. She has just covered all major points on how to live with yourself and others for maximum life experience while taking you on an intimate journey of her own life's unfolding. My heart is deeply touched and this gives me even more hope for a full life lived in the present moment. It is especially pleasing to me to hear this from a medical doctor. She and Deepok Chopra are such a gift to the masses.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book changed my life, May 3, 2011

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A.L. (NY, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Death Is of Vital Importance: On Life, Death, and Life After Death (Paperback)

I know the subject line can be seen as "cliche" these days, but it's nonetheless true. It actually saved my life during a time when all seemed lost.
The passing of my mother threw me into a tailspin and this book helped me to deal with it all.
Kubler-Ross comes through as a unique voice; this series of lectures makes one feel like she is taking directly to you. You can really feel her wisdom and years of experience throughout this book.
It's very hard to absorb it all, but it makes a lasting impression. The overall feeling one is left with is...It feels like it's using the nonverbal language that she so often refers to in the book. And yet it is so intelligently and articulately expressed that it certainly requires multiple readings.
I also recommend On Death and Dying, but it is much more a dissertation and observational study on the topic than an expression of Kubler-Ross's years of study and insight.