Discourses on aging and dying / edited by Suhita Chopra Chatterjee, Priyadarshi Patnaik, Vijayaraghavan M Chariar.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

Many of the papers were 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.

Print version record.

English.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide