Attitudes of Asian-Indian Hindus toward end-of-life care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-135

  Deshpande, Ohm ^a   Reid, M Carrington ^b   Rao, Arun S ^b  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; End of life care; Ethnicity; Religion

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DYING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; LIFE; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; RELIGION; REVIEW; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; INDIA; MALE; RELIGIOUS APPROACH; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; RELIGIOUS APPROACH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HINDUISM; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PHILOSOPHY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14544280719     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53025.x     Document Type: Review

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