Grief, Forgiveness, Acceptance, and Rejection - Paperbackby Daniel Brubaker (Author) Healthcare providers and the public had no education in how to conduct end of life grieving until 1969 when Dr. Elisabeth K? bler Ross published her experience with hospice patients at the end of life. She was a Swiss American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near death studies, and author of the internationally best selling book, On Death and Dying (1969), where she first discussed her theory of the five stages of grief, also