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“It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather, our concern must be to live while we're alive - to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a facade designed to conform to external definitions of who and what we are.”

Quote by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was a Swiss-born American psychiatrist renowned for her contributions to hospice care and death studies. Her book 'On Death and Dying' had a profound impact on global hospice care practices. more

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