Discourses on Aging and Dying
- Suhita Chopra Chatterjee - Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
- Priyadarshi Patnaik - Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
- Vijayaraghavan Chariar - Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
Health & Aging
The collection of essays in this volume addresses different aspects of this issue. The first section is both philosophical and prescriptive. It explores our rich religious and philosophical tradition to probe the very concepts of life and death and then suggests strategies - age old and time-tested - for coping with the inevitability of aging and dying. Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic perspectives on aging, dying, euthanasia, and related concepts are explored and coping strategies suggested.
The second section deals with socio-ethical issues related to aging and dying in the Indian context, in light of the existing state of affairs and possible directions for the future. The third and final section looks at the most pressing problems that confront both Indian society and medicine – end-of-life care.
"The book is a welcome initial introduction to its chosen theme for those coming from other faiths and parts of the world and will hopefully provoke further debate on issues related to ageing in East and West."
The book has a thoughtful, philosophical and rich content on the subject of ‘discourses on ageing and dying’ and will help researchers as a good comprehensive compilation and consolidated reference material on the subject and will reduce the fears and frustrations of ageing in society.
Discourses on Aging and Dying…is an unusual book in the sense that it explores the truth about…inevitable yet painful bodily processes from widely different perspectives, ranging from the philosophical, spiritual and ethical to the political and medical.