<P> The Kübler - Ross model ( otherwise known as the five stages of grief ) postulates a progression of emotional states experienced by both terminally ill patients after diagnosis and by loved - ones after a death . The five stages are chronologically : denial , anger , bargaining , depression and acceptance . </P>
<P> The Kübler - Ross model ( otherwise known as the five stages of grief ) postulates a progression of emotional states experienced by both terminally ill patients after diagnosis and by loved - ones after a death . The five stages are chronologically : denial , anger , bargaining , depression and acceptance . </P>
the first stage in kubler-ross 's five stages of the dying process is
the first stage in kubler-ross 's five stages of the dying process is
denial
denial