K5118850 (ko͞o′blər-rŏs′, kü′-), Elisabeth 1926-2004. Swiss-born American psychiatrist whose influential book On Death and Dying (1969) laid out a series of emotional stages through which terminally ill people progress: denial, anger, bargaining for time, depression, and acceptance.SeeKubler-Ross ElisabethSeeKubler-Ross Elisabeth