Radiolab did a great podcast episode about this - it's actually not very applicable at all!
Little known fact is, the five stages model was designed not as a model of grieving for a loved one at all, even though it was then largely misrepresented as such. They actually refer to how their creator, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, described what people close to death experience when facing their own mortality and how they grieve about their own upcoming loss.
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Radiolab did a great podcast episode about this - it's actually not very applicable at all! Little known fact is, the five stages model was designed not as a model of grieving for a loved one at all, even though it was then largely misrepresented as such. They actually refer to how their creator, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, described what people close to death experience when facing their own mortality and how they grieve about their own upcoming loss.
Here's a link for those interested: Radiolab - The Queen of Dying