Discourses on aging and dying / edited by Suhita Chopra Chatterjee, Priyadarshi Patnaik, Vijayaraghavan M Chariar. - New Delhi : SAGE Publications, 2008. - 272 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Aging and dying : spiritual perspectives. Aging and dying : the Vedantic perspective / The art of dying with dignity / Life and immortality in Indian thought / Death and dying in Islam : psychological and spiritual perspectives / Death and dying : a Buddhist analysis / The Buddhist way to overcome Jarā-Maraṇaṃ / Aging and dying : issues in the care of the elderly. Socio-ethical issues in the existing paradigm of care for the older persons : emerging challenges and possible responses / Gender issues in care giving / Views on aging and dying among the middle-class Bengali Hindu elderly residents of Kolkata / A plea for a holistic approach to aging / Aging and dying : end-of-life care. Old age, disease, and terminal care : a Hindu perspective / Paternalistic decisions for the comate and dying aged : a neo-Vedantic perspective / Dying with dignity / Culture-specific and culture-sensitive end-of-life care : a case study based on Kashi Labh Mukti Bhawan, Banaras / Late Swami H.H. Bhaktisvarupa Damodara -- Swami Prabhananda -- Swami Jitatmananda -- Manisha Sen, Shafi Shaikh -- Madhumita Chattopadhay -- Aiswarya Biswas -- Anupama Datta -- Amrita Bagga -- Paromita Ghosh, Anindita Dey -- K.R.G. Nair -- S.K. Jindal -- K.J. George -- Chandralekha Duttagupta -- Umesh K. Singh.

Papers presented at the National Conference on Aging and Dying : Relevance of Indic Perspectives to End-of Life Care, held at Kharagpur during 4-6 November, 2005.

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Old age.
Death.
Aging--Psychological aspects.
Death--Psychological aspects.

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