iNsAnItY iNtEnSiFiEd: February 2, 2022 - What Internet Search Patterns Can Teach Us About Coping

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What Internet Search Patterns Can Teach Us About Coping

Fifty years ago, renowned psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross published a book that would change the way the medical community cared for the terminally ill. “On Death and Dying” shattered the American taboo of talking about death and laid the foundation for a five-stage grieving model that is still widely accepted today.

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