Jaydeep Sengupta, Suhita Chopra Chatterjee

Death and Dying in India

Ageing and end-of-life care of the elderly. Sprache: Englisch.
kartoniert , 162 Seiten
ISBN 0367886170
EAN 9780367886172
Veröffentlicht Dezember 2019
Verlag/Hersteller Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
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Beschreibung

This book examines different settings where elderly die, including hospitals, family homes and palliative set-ups. The discourse is set in the backdrop of international attempts to restructure and reconfigure the health delivery system for ageing population.

Portrait

Suhita Chopra Chatterjee is a Professor in Sociology in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. Her current area of interest is in the field of Death studies. She is the lead editor of Discourses on Ageing and Dying.
Jaydeep Sengupta is a Doctoral candidate at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, and is formally trained in Anthropology and Development Studies. His areas of interest are Public Health and End-of-life care.